Being in Southern California l my whole life and fishing and rod building all that time, I know Sabres well. Leon Todd, Super of the Sabre blank. mfg. shop, was a good friend. He told me of. his work His time first at Narmco,, then Sabre, which where he was at the time that I met him. I was buying blanks directly from him at the plant in Gardena, CA. They sold to the public if you were a rod
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Did anybody happen to get the old Fenwick catatog pictures together? I was making Fenwick rods alot in 1970's, but lost all my early catalogs in two divorces and 6 moves. Can't find them. I'm also looking for old Sabre Catalogs. I built a lot of Ocean rods from all of them in San Diego. I've been building Trulines, Sabres, Roddys, Silaflexs, Harnells, Fenwicks, and Conolon , since 1964.
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I am new to the EVA foam grips, been using cork, cork tape and Hypolon for 55 yrs. building rods. I have some very large diameter rods I need to put grips on, and only EVA is big enough. I always had enough strength to push any size grip on, and I usually heated them first, to make them easier to work/stretch on (Hypolon). However, I am older now (very) and I have had a back operation, and
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