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16 years ago
Jim Rippe
61. Star
Metalic star
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16 years ago
Jim Rippe
62. Star
Metalic star
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16 years ago
Jim Rippe
Black and White optical chevrons.
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16 years ago
Jim Rippe
Close up of the Reversing Chevron using Madeira thread. Sorry for the lint.
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16 years ago
Jim Rippe

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16 years ago
Jim Rippe
Grip just completed using Andy's cork. Yes, it's still on the mandrel. A rubberized cork butt cap will be installed once I have this installed on the blank.
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16 years ago
Jim Rippe
Completed fish wrap for a special brother.
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16 years ago
Jim Rippe
Close up of the fish wrap.
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16 years ago
Jim Rippe
Received a huge bag of old rod building parts from a customer that built alot years ago.
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16 years ago
Jim Rippe
Two oold St. Croix parts. Silver and gold.
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16 years ago
Jim Rippe
Old St. Croix part.
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16 years ago
Jim Rippe

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16 years ago
Jim Rippe

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16 years ago
Jim Rippe
Couple of spotted bass. Today is our 25th wedding annivesary and the wife who does not fish got us a guide on Table Rock Lake for the morning. We both did alittle R & D. Had a great time and she did too.
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16 years ago
Jim Rippe
Used black / gold Trimar thread in the center, black, and gold.
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16 years ago
Jim Rippe
My first attemped of this style wrap.
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16 years ago
Jim Rippe
77. Scales
Close up of another scale wrap with a warm feeling.
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16 years ago
Jim Rippe
78. Scales
Scale wrap just completed. Somewhat a warm one.
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16 years ago
Jim Rippe
79. CB70MH

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16 years ago
Jim Rippe
80. CB70MH

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16 years ago
Jim Rippe
81. CB70MH

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17 years ago
Jim Rippe
Most everyone know the pins here. Completed butt cap for a G. Loomis rod.
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17 years ago
Jim Rippe
Camo blank guide wrap with camo color trim bands.
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17 years ago
Jim Rippe
Guide and ferrule wrap on a camo blankuseing Madeira threads.
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17 years ago
Jim Rippe
Yes, the blank and the seat is camo.
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17 years ago
Jim Rippe
I used two of Lamar's cork rings and two other burl cork rings. green burl and brown burl. Just wish the green burl had a stronger color.
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17 years ago
Jim Rippe
This is the scale wrap that is with the pearl grips.
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17 years ago
Jim Rippe
Mike Barkley requested that I posted these photos. Sunday I visited Mike at his home and he saw this rod.
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17 years ago
Jim Rippe
Close up of the split grip area. I found that Madeira colors 1843 and 1842 are the closest you can come to at matching the blank. 1843 is the closest to the grip. Under the decal there is no thread.
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17 years ago
Jim Rippe
Close up of the grips.
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