#deck finesse

Robert and Jungle finally getting round to some work on the website and online shop.

We have both been busy with other projects and neglecting Deck Finesse’s purchasing experience but we’re now just a few days work away from testing the new store. 

We have at least fixed most of the bugs with our blog so you can now read all our blog entries, listed in catagories on our website: 

Over the next few weeks Robert and Jungle will be making some changes to our website. What we currently have has served us well enough to let people know who we are and what we are doing however we feel its time to update a few things. 

The most noticeable difference will be the the replacement of our order form with a proper online shop. While our purchasing experience is perfectly secure and efficient we feel that it’s about time we had the shopping cart and checkout that everyone is used to.

We knew it would have to happen at some point as we add more products to our collection but now feel that we may benefit from it in the short term as well.

Another change will be to move our blog to the website. Although we may continue to feed posts here or elsewhere also.

Finally apart from tidying up some images and fiddling with the look we will find a place to show off the wonderful feedback we’ve received so far.

Since launching we’ve collected quotes from some well respected magicians and collectors that should really be one of the first things people see when they discover our products.

So whilst our wonderful customers are happy and everyone we speak to loves our display cases, hopefully in a few weeks the quality of our products and service will become more apparent to new visitors to our website.

Today was a particularly good day for Deck Finesse. All 70 handmade hardwood display cases that we've produced so far are with us in Birmingham and they have turned out absolutely perfect!

Actually, they're are missing their anti-skid rubber pads but they are in the post to us and we should be attaching them and packaging our pre-orders tomorrow evening.

Our wood component fabricator has done brilliant work for us and delivered them on time as well. We were sure that they were the right people for the job and now we look forward to many years of working together on these and other products.

Unlike the mock-ups that can be seen on our website, the finish, the fit, the details are all absolutely spot on. Our packaging looks great too...we must get some new pictures!

Robert D. Adams

We’re making a few last minute changes to our packaging following the receipt of accurate samples and further conversation about our printed tissue paper, which we felt wasn’t going to live up to our expectations. Having taken quotes from several tissue printing companies we have been quite disappointed to discover that on closer inspection they are not able to provide what we had in mind.

Our complex pattern has been sketched with hundreds of fine lines, too fine it seems for even the best printing companies. We spent some time redrawing our artwork in a way that would have printed but found that we lost too much of its character.

So in the next few days we are experimenting with a different wrapping paper and printing option that we feel will produce a better result in showing off our fabulous design. It isn’t ideal to have to change our plans at this late point but ultimately we’re happy that we took the time to thoroughly reassess the printing method we had in mind before producing thousands of sheets of something we wouldn’t be happy with.

This week the shells of our display cases are being constructed and some of our printing starts too. We’re looking around the office and thinking about rearranging to make space for our first batch and packing facilities. Apart from the small change to the gift-wrapping everything is coming together as planned and soon we’ll be able to narrow down our completion date and start showing off the results of our bespoke manufacturing.