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    Quote Originally Posted by DougC View Post

    But the lack of a LOCKING LATCH in my humble opinion creates some doubt about the design. And Mandolin Cafe is just the place to share ideas and insights about the design.
    As in the new Collings Vintage cases?

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    Given that instrument cases are no longer permitted to be locked when flying, I personally see no practical need for a locking latch on an instrument case. I can't recall the last time I locked a case.....All my case keys are still in the envelope! I do want the latch to be of good quality and fit so there is little issue with them coming undone through handling. YMMV
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    I was thinking of a Swiss-style latch often found on violin cases. It clicks into place when you close the case. Can't seem to find a good picture right now...

    As for the Jakob Winter latches on Northfield cases I wonder if you can see if the latch is actually 'caught' when it appears to cover the place where the 'catch' mechanism is located.
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    On the other hand you can see if the Collings latch has fit over the 'catch' knob.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grizzly Adams View Post
    Given that instrument cases are no longer permitted to be locked when flying, I personally see no practical need for a locking latch on an instrument case. I can't recall the last time I locked a case.....All my case keys are still in the envelope! I do want the latch to be of good quality and fit so there is little issue with them coming undone through handling. YMMV
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    No, that's true! My boys are all haired over and out of the house.
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    Could be my eyes playing tricks, but in the product sheet, it seems like the latches on these Airloom light cases have a keyhole for locking. The same design exists on the current rectangular Airloom I have... although, I never actually lock them and have never needed to.

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    Here is the catch. Pun intended. It is an automatic self catching device that is a 'back up' if the latches don't catch. There is a modern version where you can open it by squeezing it with thumb and finger. My point however is that it acts as a backup / prevention for accidental case opening.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dschonbrun View Post
    Could be my eyes playing tricks, but in the product sheet, it seems like the latches on these Airloom light cases have a keyhole for locking. The same design exists on the current rectangular Airloom I have... although, I never actually lock them and have never needed to.
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    Hi everyone. Thought I’d join in on the discussion. Here are my thoughts:

    Latch Design: they look like a new style for our industry, but they work much the same as other latches. Because they’re new we are taking steps to explain proper closing. We’re making a video which will be on the website, and I’m very confident that anyone with a notion or experience with closing a case latch will be able to grasp it.

    Diligence: I’m in very close contact with the Jakob Winter company, it’s development team and customer service experts. The green line cases are in their 3rd year - with some 20,000 cases made per year. 5 broken latches (all fixed) in approximately 60K cases made is very impressive.

    Latches failing (all at once): not an issue in our opinion. There are 3 separate latches. If you don’t close them correctly you could have problems, just like on any other case.

    Locks/keys: anyone here ever worked in a music store? Every single person at the repair shop I was involved with for many years was an expert of how to break into this type of clasp - because they regularly fail and/or people loose their key. We purposely left the lock off the tooling. Forcing a case open after its locked ruins the latch and on most designs - ruins the case.

    Thanks for reading - back to work....

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    Suspect many of you took notice these are now being sold on the Northfield site.
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    Want

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    I've been checking their site almost daily since the NAMM show. Ordered one about an hour ago
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    Nice! What color?

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    The green.
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    Me too -- ordered a green one yesterday. Peter at Northfield was kind enough to follow up on the email I sent them when the cases were first announced. Great customer service = good salesmanship! I'll post back when mine arrives.

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    Awesome! I'm absurdly excited about mine.
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    Curiously, the link Scott posted no longer works. Here's the updated one: https://www.northfieldinstruments.co...irloom-recurve

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    Are the felt (green) and tweed (grey) cases differently in exterior texture?

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    Quote Originally Posted by BrianWilliam View Post
    Are the felt (green) and tweed (grey) cases differently in exterior texture?
    Yes they are... the grey tweed has a more textured exterior than the green which is smoother.

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    I'm still waiting for Northfield to tell us folk in the UK / EU if their new cases will be available 'direct' from Germany. I e-mailed them back in Feb.,but received no reply - so ???,
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    My new F5s came with the Airloom case, and while I like the room it affords, I ordered a Recurve (green) as soon as I saw the ad Wednesday. Looking forward to comparing it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ivan Kelsall View Post
    I'm still waiting for Northfield to tell us folk in the UK / EU if their new cases will be available 'direct' from Germany. I e-mailed them back in Feb.,but received no reply - so ???,
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    Well, they did reply to your inquiry in this very thread in mid-March (past your February email). Might be why they didn't direct reply to your email.

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    I feel like this was addressed, but I can't find it anywhere. Is the tweed grey case less water resistant than the others?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ivan Kelsall View Post
    I'm still waiting for Northfield to tell us folk in the UK / EU if their new cases will be available 'direct' from Germany. I e-mailed them back in Feb.,but received no reply - so ???,
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    Well, they did reply to your inquiry in this very thread in mid-March (past your February email). Might be why they didn't direct reply to your email.
    And they replied in late January. Give it a rest or start your own thread.

    How is we are assured the email was actually sent properly, that it was actually received, that this isn't your error? The answer is we can't. Not looking or asking for your reply. As someone that administers a server and sees all of the failed email problems that are user generated or fail as a result of a technical issue somewhere along the way I will assure everyone reading this, email has never been a 100% guarantee since day 1 of the internet and you can't pin fault of who it is addressed to. They've replied directly to you twice online. Some patience is in order. Time to give it a rest or move on somewhere else.

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    Just ordered mine... Slate Grey Tweed, the one I checked out at Wintergrass. I will be glad to receive this classy, well-made case from the classy, well-known outfit known as Northfield Instruments. Many thanks to both Adrian and Peter for their wonderful obsession of all things mando...

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