Richard Kuhne
Registered: July 2008
Posts: 1
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Tue July 29, 2008 10:45am
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Your usual great attention to detail. Just enough special touches to be elegant without being gaudy. In a word "craftsmanship."
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Bill Stevens
Registered: April 2005
Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Posts: 712
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Tue July 29, 2008 10:55am
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Quite simply another good reason why "Less is More". I sure hope this one will reside in the rod rack by the door when not on the water.
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Jorge Pozzobon
Registered: May 2007
Location: Passo Fundo - RS - Brasil
Posts: 1,147
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Tue July 29, 2008 11:34am
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A classic work with fine details and great finish. I aggre with Bill, less well done is more.
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Stan Grace
Registered: March 2005
Location: Helena, Montana
Posts: 337
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Tue July 29, 2008 12:47pm
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Ist Class!
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Ken Finch
Registered: August 2005
Location: Sunny Florida
Posts: 21
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Proving once again that you are not a *one-trick pony!* Looking at your entire photo gallery and then seeing this I find it hard to believe that a rod builder can be so adept at so many different facets of this thing we call custom rod building. I've only found a few that seem to be able to *do it all* but you are one of them. I hope to be in that class one day myself, if I live long enough, maybe.
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Bill Falconer
Registered: June 2006
Posts: 48
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Really well done as usual, Tom. I really admire your fit and finish (and your photography, which is good enough to show it off).
Is that a blank painted white for instructional purposes ala Mel Krieger or an advance rendition of something else we can look forward to?
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Tom Kirkman
Registered: March 2005
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 1,568
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It's a CTS blank that Andy got me awhile back. I've always liked white blanks and never owned a white fly rod. Now I do. I still have to wrap and finish the rod out, and will do that in NCP white and metallic gold. Wraps will be simple white, with one single gold (wire) inlay.
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Mike Barkley
Registered: March 2005
Location: Southgate, Michigan
Posts: 1,121
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Outstanding!!!!!! Bring that one to the ICRBE!!!!
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Jim Rippe
Registered: March 2005
Location: Hammond, Indiana
Posts: 621
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Really like the seat on this Tom. I have thought about constructing a seat like this so now I know I got to get off my tail.
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Tom Kirkman
Registered: March 2005
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 1,568
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I've been doing them like this for maybe 20 years now. Try it. They work fine and have a different, unusual look to them.
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mark blabaum
Registered: June 2006
Location: Southwest - Wisconsin
Posts: 1,282
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Tue July 29, 2008 10:56pm
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Tom very nice work on the grip. I'm curious real stone, is that like crushed stone impregnated with resin? Other wise how did you turn the stone? Very nice work on the rod and it looks like it will make a great addition to your collection of rods.
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Tom Kirkman
Registered: March 2005
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 1,568
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I have access to a stone grinding machine. It's a very wet and somewhat messy process. I won't bother with it again. But there are rocks in your backyard that would make beautiful accessory pieces on your next rod. I wish there were an easier way to utilize them. There are also some acrylic materials out there that look almost like stone anyway, but this one, in person, has that authentic stone look that you won't quite get with any plastic material, even the "tru-stone" product. I'm going to "un-polish" this one, however, as I think I like the matte, natural stone appearance better.
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Scott Parsons
Registered: September 2005
Location: Raleigh, NC
Posts: 98
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Wow, Tom just awsome. What type of finish did you use on the grip?
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Tom Kirkman
Registered: March 2005
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 1,568
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Wed July 30, 2008 10:25pm
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Helmsman Spar Urethane.
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Anthony Lee
Registered: September 2006
Location: Singapore
Posts: 264
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Wed July 30, 2008 11:40pm
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Tom,I like your style and this is what I described as a "touch of Zen". By the way, I have experienced using NCP white on my guide wrap on a white CTS blank. I used 2 coats of CP and finish it with ThreadMaster. Unfortunately, the white on the guide wraps do not match the CTS white. Do you have a way to match the whites. [ link ]
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