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Frantz Buchot
Registered: February 2006
Location: FRANCE (RHA)
Posts: 99
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I wanted to share with all of you my last experiment... Where I live in France I am surrounded by vineyards, so I have asked to one of the guy I know to give me some cork, the one he uses for his barrels... I have shaped an handle with it and the result exceed my expectations. The look is great and the handle looks "denser" and more solid.
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| · Date: Thu April 27, 2006 · Views: 1,999 · Filesize: 21.4kb, 603.7kb · Dimensions: 1280 x 960 ·
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Keywords: cork, wine
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Ellis Mendiola
Registered: March 2005
Location: Houston, Texas
Posts: 629
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Thu April 27, 2006 10:12am
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Looks good to me Frantz. I thought it was burl.
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Frantz Buchot
Registered: February 2006
Location: FRANCE (RHA)
Posts: 99
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Thu April 27, 2006 10:18am
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Indeed, it really looks like burl Ellis but you can feel that it is more compact...they were new and unused cork cap ( we name it "bonde" in French)otherwise my handle would have smelt good vine!!!
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Ellis Mendiola
Registered: March 2005
Location: Houston, Texas
Posts: 629
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Thu April 27, 2006 3:45pm
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I thought it was used cork. I kept getting these hints of boysenberry, chocholate with overtones of plum and tannins. Or maybe it was the Merlot that I had with dinner last night.
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Frantz Buchot
Registered: February 2006
Location: FRANCE (RHA)
Posts: 99
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Thu April 27, 2006 4:02pm
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Ellis, you should try with the cap of an old whisky barrel/cask...
I am not joking at all, a few years ago, just to have fun, I have shaped an entire cork reel seat with three of those caps and it turned out great!! It was supposed to be a joke but my friend is still using it on his fly rod, and guess what...it still smells Whisky!!! At the beginning it was an old cherry barrel/cask...Can you imagine the flavour????!!!
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