FWIW, I'm in the process of partially relining several old and new hard cases to make them suit my needs and look good, too. Wool felt is surprisingly hard to find, and I have looked at a lot of fabric samples over the last couple of months. Finally settled on some very nice velour that I found at Calico Corners (a chain store with "decorator" fabrics). The nice velour is $20/yard and the really nice velour is $60-$120/yard. I'm comfortable with the velour choice because several of the new Emmebi cases that I have seen are using velour, and it looks GOOD. I'm cutting dividers and blocks from 7-ply birch plywood (smooth and stable) and using spray adhesive to stick the fabric to the wood. The spray adhesive can be had at some fabric stores, or go to your auto body paint supply and look at something like 3M trim adhesive or headliner adhesive. I think a traditional British-style case is a lot easier to do than a French-fitted case, and you can always swap guns in a single case if it's not French-fitted. One of the cases I'm redoing is for an 1892 Belgian hammer Damascus, the others are for my current L.C. Smiths and future Parkers. Gotta plan ahead, in case I get lucky on a Parker.
Galazan has some very nice tools in their catalog. Jeff's Outfitters often has nice tools, as well.
Last edited by Replacement; 12/21/07 12:40 AM.
