1950’s Western Motif Hand Tooled Custom Leather Dreadnaught Guitar Case

STEP RIGHT UP AND CHECK OUT THIS “ONE OF A KIND” HAND TOOLED LEATHER GUITAR CASE THAT HAS HISTORY TO MATCH IT’S NATURAL BEAUTY. JACK SHALANKO, A WESTERN CANADIAN MUSICIAN, BORN FROM RUSSIAN IMMIGRANTS, AND HIS WIFE, RUTH, DAUGHTER OF FAMOUS EVANGELIST, PETER DEYNEKA, FOUNDER OF SLAVIK GOSPEL ASSOCIATION, MET IN EUROPE WHEN THEY WERE MINISTERING TO MISPLACED RUSSIAN REFUGEES. EVENTUALLY THEIR MISSIONARY PASSION TOOK THEM TO QUITO, ECUADOR AS “THE VOICE OF THE ANDES” FOR RADIO STATION HCJB, THAT WAS BROADCAST IN 56 COUNTRIES AND BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN. THE THICK BELTED LEATHER, BOUND TO WOOD SUB-STRUCTURE, MAKES THIS CASE EXTREMELY STURDY. EVEN THOUGH I’VE OWNED THIS “ONE OFF” CASE FOR DECADES, I AM CURRENTLY DOING DEEP DIVE RESEARCH IN AN ATTEMPT TO DISCOVER IF JACK, RUTH, A MEMBER OF THEIR FAMILY, EMPLOYEE WITHIN THEIR ORGANIZATION, OR PERHAPS A LOYAL FAN PERFORMED THE SKILLFUL ARTWORK. SWEEPING ICONIC COWBOY SCENERY, (AMERICAN WESTERN OR PERHAPS SOUTH AMERICAN GAUCHO), CALLIGRAPHIC STAMPINGS BEARING HIS NAME, HIS BELOVED CANADA AND ADMIRATION FOR NIAGARA FALLS, COMBINED WITH THE BRASS HINGING AND LEATHER STRAPPING, MAKE THIS CASE A “COLLECTOR OF COLLECTORS” PRIZE. THE PERIOD CORRECT “BERBER-ESQUE” POLYESTER LINING IS MORE THAN AMPLE TO PROVIDE SCRATCH FREE PROTECTION TO THE INSTRUMENT OF YOUR CHOICE. I HAVE TOURED BY CAR AND VAN ( NEVER BY PLANE) WITH MY 1947 MARTIN D-18 HOUSED SAFELY IN THIS GEM AND WISHED I WOULD HAVE DOCUMENTED ALL THE NAMES MY FRIENDS AND FANS OFFERED TO DESCRIBE IT. I’VE ALSO FASHIONED AN INNER FOAM LINER TO SECURE A PERFECT FUT FOR ENCASING MY 1926 000-45 MARTIN. ONE THING IS GUARANTEED….YOU WON’T FIND ANOTHER ONE LIKE IT. I WILL UPDATE ANY INFORMATION I’M ABLE TO UNEARTH. I’M ALSO TRYING TO OBTAIN A COPY OF THEIR SUCCESSFUL VINYL RECORD, “OLD FASHION MELODIES,” PICTURED FROM THIS COPY CURRENTLY AVAILABLE ON EBAY.