hello to all its been a long while since ive posted.
i have a potential customer that wants me to build him a rod,
he wrote down on a piece of paper what he wants
it reads
8ft bait casting rod,12lb test
7-8 hardloy guides
x-wrap handle grip
trigger seat "sic" tip top

i understand everything but the x-wrap, iam not sure if its suppose to read x -rap
grip handle or just x-rap on the wraps
has anybody heard of this can you please enlighten me
thanks

Sante Morrone
the fisherman

could he possibly mean the shrink wrap type wrapes like this: [i138.photobucket.com]

I would have to say he means "Cross" wrap....ie an X shaped butt wrap.

Just my 2¢

Allen is correct.
Here is what your customer wants.

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Raymond Adams
Eventually, all things merge, and a river runs through it..

If he said X wrap handle grip, I would assume that he wants the handle covered with the "X" shrink tube
[shop.mudhole.com] Why not just ask him??

Mike (Southgate, MI)
If I don't want to, I don't have to and nobody can make me (except my wife) cuz I'm RETIRED!!

or maybe he wants an xrap in his hand
[www.rapala.com]

i don't know why but maybe
ike

"X-Flock" is the common term and it's AKA Shrink Wrap, X-Tube, etc.... It's a popular covering, but there are a LOT of applications. It's most common here on "deckhand" style casting rods w/o a reel seat over either cork tape or foam tape. There's no cushion to it so it's never really applied directly over the blank.

It's getting more and more use over EVA and Hypalon too and if your customer's calling for a reel seat, that's more than likely what he's after.

Knowing that those are your options, you might ask him what he wants the "X-Wrap" applied over (shaped cork or EVA, straight Hypalon, etc...) and see what length front/rear grips he's after and you'll at least have enough info to give him a quote. There's not much to installing the stuff and it won't take you more than a few minutes. no sense in going into how to do all the different applications till you nail down which one he's after. Once you at least get the configuration he wants, many of the good folks here can give you installation info.

Mark Griffin
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C&M Custom Tackle
San Dimas, California