I have refinished several of these rods. If you want a restoration to original rod find someone to finish it but if you want it restored to fish but still keep it fairly original you can do it. Get some of the citrus stripper and take all the eyes off the rod then inspect it like Tom has said. If you find any delaminations then gently open them as much as you can by gently inserting a blade in t
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Neil, best blank I've found is Batson Revelation REVS54UL-SB or in 2 piece REV54UL-2SB. Built 5 of them for fishing up here and no complaints.
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butt cap showing husky mascot
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50th high school reunion
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Purple and gold rod for 50th reunion
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7 1/2 ft flamed bamboo 4 wt with rattan handle and spalted hickory insert
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rod done on Harley Davidson theme
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Just finished this one for a friend, it has a handle of solid Honduran rosewood. The finish is PG. Little heavy but satisfactory for his type of fishing.
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First attempt since High Point, core is arbor vitae wood (light as cork)and the finish is Perma Gloss.
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butt cap shows medal with American Legion logo
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Close up of forend Legion emblem and medal of the State. Handle is corian,maple,walnut and red cedar.
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Made for a fellow Legionaire for his work in helping veterans and the V.A.
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View shows the interior of the case
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A while back I published pics of a Pheasant forever aution rod, this is the case. The wood is arbor vitae from my back yard.
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Wanted to try rattan, failed once but with help from Mike Barkley, finished the job. Went traditional and mixed it with corian end caps.
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Buffalo Nickle inlay in butt cap
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Indian head nickle inlay in fore end.
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Built this one for a customer,consits of walnut,maple,arbor vitae,ebony and corian spacers. Added some feather work and 2 nickle inlays.Blank is Netcraft IM-6 graphite.
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Limited edition of brass Pheasants forever medalion inlayed in butt cap
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Brass pheasant inlay on Pheasants Forever rod
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This is a Batson pack spinning rod made for our Pheasants Forever @#$%&. It consists of 2 brass inlays in a combination of red cedar,maple ,walnut,ebony,tulip wood and rose wood. The inlays were imbeded in LS Supreme allowed to cure sanded and finished with Permagloss.
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over all view of rod,handle finish is perma gloss and reel seat finish is Tru Oil
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Feather inlay on rod, rod is a 7 wt smallie rod built on an IM-6 Pac Bay blank.
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Handle made with arbor vitae rings and trimmed with ebony wood. Reel seat insert is also ebony.Arbor vitae is almost as light as cork.
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6 1/2 ft. St. Croix blank lenghtened to 7 1/2 ft. and covered with cherry,corian,maple and walnut checker and capped with ebony. Split grip is centered with texaliun insert.
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view of cherry wood,corian and walnut front grip along with the butt wrap and decal
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Made from red cedar,walnut,maple and corian
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This was made with rings cut from a piece of plank with a hole saw and trimmed with walnut, lightest wood grips I have ever made.
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2 grips I turned out just fooling around to see if I could do it. Red cedar, maple and walnut.
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Top of butt cap with decal of USN Hospital Corpman
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