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mark blabaum Registered: June 2006 Location: Southwest - Wisconsin Posts: 1,323	A pair of Shikari PP703.5 rods. The top rod is Juniper that Stan Grace was good enough to trade to me. The Juniper is light and smells great when turned. The lower rod is Copano Burl with Maple and Walnut checkers trimmed with Burl Maple and Curly Maple.
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Stan Grace

Registered: March 2005
Location: Helena, Montana
Posts: 337

Mon March 5, 2007 12:17am

Very neat work and nice lines as usual. I'm happy to make a small contribution to a result like this.

Stan Gregory

Registered: July 2005
Location: Coastal NC
Posts: 163

Mon March 5, 2007 12:39am

Very good work! What did you use for the reel seat on the top rod?

mark blabaum

Registered: June 2006
Location: Southwest - Wisconsin
Posts: 1,323

Mon March 5, 2007 8:32am

Stan, I usually make my own reel seats but this was one I picked up premade. I don't know what the material is but I liked the looks of it and the price was right I think it was around $10.00 for the reel seat.

john timberlake

Registered: July 2006
Location: clemmons nc
Posts: 116

Mon March 5, 2007 10:43am

nice work mark. very clean and real attention to detail. i have some pieces of the juniper from stan and i am saving them for the right project. it is really pretty stuff.

Jerry Griffin

Registered: March 2005
Location: Vancouver Island B C
Posts: 120

Mon March 5, 2007 1:59pm

Very nice Mark - I like them both. Did you use the ca trick on the checkers?

mark blabaum

Registered: June 2006
Location: Southwest - Wisconsin
Posts: 1,323

Mon March 5, 2007 2:43pm

Thanks Jerry, These were some I made before I talked to you at the show. I have made some since that I used the ca on. The ca works very well, I'm still working on one that's segmented and has a third broken ring that makes the inlay look like a chain and with the ca it's very close. The third ring is still off a little and I think that I need to work on my clamping by using a finer tie strap. All in all I like the ca, it's quick and less mess. Thanks again for the tip.

Mark Fisher

Registered: March 2005
Location: Broken Hill, N.S.W, Australia
Posts: 1,849

Mon March 5, 2007 5:10pm

Excellent handle work Mark. Keep it up.

Mick McComesky

Registered: March 2005
Location: St. Louis, MO
Posts: 584

Tue March 6, 2007 12:32pm

That's a sweet pair. Great work as always.

mark blabaum

Registered: June 2006
Location: Southwest - Wisconsin
Posts: 1,323

Tue March 6, 2007 2:44pm

Putter I was going to try for the Checkerhead trifecta (LOL).