Castaway Blank Failure - XP3 874

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Bill Stevens Registered: April 2005 Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana Posts: 712	First Three To Guess How This "Blank Tip Failed" Will Get Lannaippe on Next Order.
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Dave Orr

Registered: January 2007
Location: Yellowknife, NWT
Posts: 98

Thu July 3, 2008 1:37pm

Stepped on?

Jay Hunt

Registered: March 2007
Posts: 144

Thu July 3, 2008 2:44pm

Definately a crush,,slamed the door behind him and the butt wasen't out yet.
Or as Dave said,,,stepped on it.

Jay Hunt

Registered: March 2007
Posts: 144

Thu July 3, 2008 2:47pm

After looking at it again,,It was stepped on. The front and rear grips were holding the blank off the floor just enough to snap it when stepped on.

Mike Andreasen

Registered: May 2007
Location: Unfortunately not back home in Colorado
Posts: 35

Thu July 3, 2008 2:48pm

That's as awful clean looking break. The bottommost piece almost looks as if there was some heat involved due to that curled up edge, but that could just be the picture. My guess is that since the cut looks so clean at the edge, something else hit the blank - as opposed to the blank hitting something else. That's about as far as my guess goes since I can't think of anything that someone would bring along on a fishing trip that would hit a rod butt so hard as to cut through it. Unless of course you were on a trip that required a walk throught a jungle somewhere and a guide got a bit careless with his machete.....

Jim Rippe

Registered: March 2005
Location: Hammond, Indiana
Posts: 621

Thu July 3, 2008 5:03pm

First, it's not the tip. I would have to say either a door a stepped on.

Steven Daley

Registered: April 2007
Location: SE Michigan
Posts: 23

Fri July 4, 2008 1:38am

rod was in a rodholder and they tried to take it out quickly.

Bret Rahe

Registered: April 2005
Location: Spring Branch, TX
Posts: 88

Fri July 4, 2008 9:02pm

Clyde

Bill Stevens

Registered: April 2005
Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Posts: 712

Sat July 5, 2008 9:38am

Bret there were already three winners but for that answer you will get a Grand Prize!

Bill Stevens

Registered: April 2005
Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Posts: 712

Mon May 25, 2009 10:48am

Freeling croakers with extra rods in holders - all were involved in fish recovery when a Jack Crevaille decided to take the last free swiming croaker as hostage while the guys were involved with other fish! Shame Shame!

roger wilson

Registered: April 2007
Posts: 89

Sun May 31, 2009 8:00am

The good news, is that this rod would be very easy to repair.
Clean the wraps off the ends of the repair up to the split grip. Find a piece of blank that would fit nicely on both sides of the break and another on the inside of the break. Glue it all together, rewrap the ends of the cork, reletter, finish and you would be good to go.

Take care
Roger