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Re: Your favorite handle material
Posted by:
Drew Longnecker
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Date: May 08, 2020 05:40AM
Most of the what I build are inshore spinning and fly rods. Done cork, exotic wood combinations and westerns red cedar. I find the cedar is not as light as cork or carbon fiber but not far off. I also like the various color combinations you can find in the wood. Re: Your favorite handle material
Posted by:
Phil Ewanicki
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Date: May 08, 2020 07:53AM
Cork trees need to grow for 50 years or so before they produce usable, quality cork. I am unaware of any major initiative to enlarge cork oak groves in the last 100 years or so. Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/08/2020 08:01AM by Phil Ewanicki. Re: Your favorite handle material
Posted by:
Phil Erickson
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Date: May 08, 2020 05:16PM
Actually Phil, it is half that! A cork tree can be harvested after 25 years and the about every 8 to 14 years thereafter. They live to around 200 years.
It is a myth that there is a cork shortage, in fact there is concern that if the wine industry moves away from cork, the cork forestes will have to be abandoned. Re: Your favorite handle material
Posted by:
larry basilio
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Date: May 08, 2020 05:43PM
cork for me Re: Your favorite handle material
Posted by:
Lynn Behler
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Date: May 08, 2020 08:26PM
SMH Re: Your favorite handle material
Posted by:
Todd Andrizzi
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Date: May 09, 2020 11:35AM
I'm a traditional old guy. I was raised fishing and hunting and have great memories of that as a child. It was always cork back then and I still prefer it....maybe in a way to honor my Pa who loved and respected the outdoors and wildlife. I don't think I will ever build on anything else. I especially don't like the black foam type handles. It appears cheap and cheesy to me. Also...I don't build rods to just look at. I use them and enjoy them so to spend big money on a handle...very doubtful. Thanks for posing the question. makes me think of happy, simpler times! Re: Your favorite handle material
Posted by:
Phil Ewanicki
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Date: May 10, 2020 07:53AM
The 25 year harvest is for 3/4" bottle corks, not rod grips. It may be the demand for cork from wine bottlers is decreasing, but the price of decent cork (old-growth cork) for rod handles has done nothing but increase a lot, even for poor quality cork. If demand for cork is decreasing the price increases are due to greed and avarice, not supply and demand. Re: Your favorite handle material
Posted by:
Phil Erickson
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Date: May 10, 2020 05:13PM
Actually Phil, most bottle corks are much longer than 3/4" ! Wine corks are taken from the bark as plugs the same direction as grip rings. That said, grip cork can actually be harvested thinner than that for wine corks! Re: Your favorite handle material
Posted by:
woody osborne
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Date: May 12, 2020 03:28PM
i like eva for everything except cork for fly rods. Re: Your favorite handle material
Posted by:
ben belote
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Date: May 16, 2020 04:51PM
eva is good on cork if it,s flocked..in fact it,s pretty good on anything if it,s flocked.. Re: Your favorite handle material
Posted by:
ben belote
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Date: May 16, 2020 04:56PM
ben belote Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > eva is good on cork if it,s flocked..in fact it,s > pretty good on anything if it,s flocked.. i mean it,s good on flyrods if it,s flocked not cork.. Re: Your favorite handle material
Posted by:
Mike Laver
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Date: May 18, 2020 05:55PM
Amboyna and birch bark, finish with Truoil Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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