What's happening to the Dan Craft Signature III blanks!

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Posted by: Dan L Craft (---.eugn.qwest.net)

Date: June 24, 2005 08:22PM

I have been getting a lot of questions concerning the Signature III blanks.
Problems started when we could no longer contact our original supplier. As stock decreased, we had to find new options and as luck would have it, The suppliers of our FT blanks were able to step in and offer us the 6'10" 1wt, 7'0" 1wt, 8'0" 2wt and the 9'0" 3wt. That left us with handling the problem with the 8'0" 5pc 3wt and all the 9'0" 5pc models.
Rest assured we are planning some multi piece models from the new supplier in the near future.
The good news is that the supplier of the new blanks and the light Sig. III blanks is a U.S. firm that has been around for some time and has always used American materials!
The bad news is that that fact may drive the blank cost up some!
The Sig. III blanks have always been 51 million modulus (IM8) and will continue to be so. Most of the new models are expected to be softer and closer the the style of the new Sig. III blanks available now.
I hope this answers most of the questions.
Thanks for your support.

Dan Craft
Dan Craft Enterprises

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