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Kistler Handles How do they do it.
Posted by: Sam Parkinson (192.88.212.---)
Date: January 14, 2008 12:53PM

Does anyone know how they make these handle?It appears to be poured polyurethane foam but they are colored black and have a textured surface.Is the polyurethane colored and the texture added with the pour or is the black color and texture material painted on after the pour ? Thanks Sam

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Re: Kistler Handles How do they do it.
Posted by: Bill Stevens (---.br.br.cox.net)
Date: January 14, 2008 02:36PM

Go to their site and ask them -

[www.kistlerrods.com]



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/14/2008 09:52PM by Bill Stevens.

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Re: Kistler Handles How do they do it.
Posted by: Anonymous User (Moderator)
Date: January 14, 2008 02:49PM

As far as I know it's cork painted with a textured paint. Don't hold me to this - I'm going by what it looks like.

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Re: Kistler Handles How do they do it.
Posted by: Sean Walker (---.mycingular.net)
Date: January 15, 2008 01:57PM

It looks like the same material as the little gray arbors? Wrapped with thread. A graphite foam?

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Re: Kistler Handles How do they do it.
Posted by: Anonymous User (Moderator)
Date: January 15, 2008 03:51PM

It would be some type of plastic foam, there really isn't any such thing as a graphite foam.

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Re: Kistler Handles How do they do it.
Posted by: Sean Walker (---.16.58.67.available.udcc.net)
Date: January 15, 2008 06:24PM

It looks and feels just like the Fuji Graphite Arbors.

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Re: Kistler Handles How do they do it.
Posted by: Anonymous User (Moderator)
Date: January 15, 2008 07:34PM

Fuji's "graphite" arbors don't contain any carbon or graphite - they're a type of plastic foam.

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Re: Kistler Handles How do they do it.
Posted by: Lance Dupre (---.hsd1.la.comcast.net)
Date: January 15, 2008 07:43PM

They look just like the urethane grips showcased in Rodmaker Magazie. It seems to be pretty dense and looks like a black colorant had been added.

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Re: Kistler Handles How do they do it.
Posted by: Bill Stevens (---.br.br.cox.net)
Date: January 15, 2008 08:41PM

Graphie Foam - Yep!

[www.poco.com]

Within 30 miles of Kistler - maybe! - we will not know until someone asks!



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 01/15/2008 09:09PM by Bill Stevens.

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Re: Kistler Handles How do they do it.
Posted by: Anonymous User (Moderator)
Date: January 15, 2008 10:10PM

That's not what they're using, nor is it urethane. I cut one off and had a local plastics manufacturer look at it. It is a type of plastic (not nylon) and is indeed similar to the Fuji and Pac Bay type brick foam, but there is neither graphite nor urethane in it.

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Re: Kistler Handles How do they do it.
Posted by: Sean Walker (---.dsl.rcsntx.swbell.net)
Date: January 15, 2008 10:26PM

I just hope I didn't ruin my rod. I just took a little chunk out of the butt grip.

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