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Four Finished
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mark blabaum



Registered: June 2006
Location: Southwest - Wisconsin
Posts: 1,282
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I have a couple of different simple grips that I have completed recently. The top is burl cork with purple heart reel seat. The second down is dyed stabilized hickory with a cherry burl reel seat. The third down is a dyed black ash burl with a brick maple reel seat. The bottom is a burl cork with abilone knife scales and white oak reel seats. The wood for the stabilized inserts and grips came from reelseatblanks.com.
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Ken Bonneau

Registered: February 2007
Location: Kings Park, Long Island, N.Y
Posts: 464
Mon June 8, 2009 8:17am

Excellent job as always, Mark. Very sharp
Raymond_Adams

Registered: May 2005
Location: Sacramento, CA
Posts: 2,244
Mon June 8, 2009 1:58pm

They are all really sharp but the bottom one is off the hook!
c jeff mccall

Registered: August 2008
Location: fl panhandle near destin
Posts: 157
Tue June 9, 2009 7:57am

really beautiful work mark! the one with the checkerboard reelseat grabs my eye instantly
James Labanowski

Registered: March 2005
Location: Oxnard, California
Posts: 2,061
Tue June 9, 2009 11:43am

Craftsmanship at it finest. Even the picture. Great stuff Mark
Scott Redmond

Registered: April 2005
Location: Pewaukee, Wisconsin
Posts: 82
Wed June 10, 2009 12:49pm

Really nice as always. Your threadwork is just as inspiring as your grips. Thanks for posting.


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