I finally decided to turn a few handles and it felt good, as it hsa been awhile since i turned anything. They still need some finish, but turned out pretty nice. They use a variety of woods:birdseye maple, box elder burl, black ash burl, padauk, bloodwood, ebony, purpleheart, blackwood, and pau amerillo.,,
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here are a few samples of the SBSS seats and a few other carbon handles i will have at the show
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one more pic of my kids xmas rods.thanks to mike barkley for the holo decals..
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i finally got around to building one for myself..carbon grips, titanium tubing for reel seat and extension, minima guides, dan craft ft 6wt, will be fun to get some redfish on it
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a rod for each of my kids for xmas.. they picked out the colors and materials..can't wait to get to the coast to puts some reds or trout on them
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just one more of the SBSS in carbon fiber
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these are a set of 963,964, and 965 with the carbon SBSS seats
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the top is a castaway 963 with SBSS carbon seat i matched the color to the blank the other two have the aero seat
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i made the carbon grips and used a transparent green paint to give it the green tint. it allows the carbon look to still show
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these are dyed box-elder burl/blackwood/birchbark and blue one has cork. matching butts. these are bound for Maryland monday.
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just another look at the same handles
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these are 6 different varieties of solid bamboo. some look similar,but grain patterns vary in each
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this rod is a 9ft 3pc 4wt. the handle is briar/cork/birch the reel seat is briar as well. the handle is ready to be glued up
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a few more checkers with the bayou bengals in mind
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i had a few checkers laying around. these are lyptus/maple checkers with burl cork
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inlayed acrylic with tiger inlay a few things to modify, but overall it turned out nice
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a few handles and wishing i was in new orleans
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just one more picture of a different angle
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this is maple and walnut. i forgot to enter it into the grip challenge. it was a test piece,but turned out nice. it will give people ideas about the new cork strips
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A couple of bayou boys in NC. The tall good looking one representing the Tigers is JP Timberlake ( a yankee from North Louisiana) and other is Mark Mire. The pizzas are compliments of Clyde. This was at the NC Gathering.
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this is an overview
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acrylic casting handles with inlays.
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reel seat idea i have been thinking about. comfort fit and greatly reduced weight with a unique look
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i need the article that bill stevens that is upcoming to improve my photography
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here are some reel seats i am making for the show. they are not finished,but you get a good idea
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the handles are done and now time to wrap
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bony fish seat on dyed box-elder burl
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mayfly seat in resin on cherry burl
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