Thank you Pete, good to know.
Modern cases do protect better, and look good too. These old quality cases have a look to them you don't find in the modern offerings, as well as being pretty protective. The only modern case with this look was from Anuenue, and it only came with a certain model, soprano. Curious that it's not in production.
When the old Grover '20s friction tuners became a 175 dollar auction item, Waverly reproduced them, seems like a case maker would do the same, unless patents are still in other hands.