One that I built for Lance at Swampland Tackle.
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One that I built for Lance at Swampland Tackle. The finished product of the rough blank.
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One that I built for Lance at Swampland Tackle. The finished product of the rough blank.
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A photo of the rough blank for a herringbone, chevron pattern. Woods are purple heart and yellow heart.
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A couple of spiders between the split grip.
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St Johns Cross on a Tidemaster Blank.
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I'm playing with a Tidemaster blank and a KDPS 17mm reel seat nut.
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A little to much red, but Christmas is just around the corner.
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American Tackle seat with EVA KDPS fore grip and Tour Star grip.
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I just received a Alps fly rod skeleton reel seat from Batson's as a door prize for the Tri-State gathering on Oct 27th in IA. I couldn't help myself and turned an acrylic reel seat insert to go with the seat. The hardware is a beautiful piece and I really like the look of it.
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Cross wraps on the 9WT Sage.
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I put together the grip and a cross wrap on a friends Sage. A diamond chevron hybrid with acrylic trim.
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The EVA was cut using a miter saw and glued with conventional poly glue.
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I just put the last coat of finish on this yesterday. The grip is a variegated eva material trimmed in black, the fore grip is a KDPS cut down and black eva added with a Fuji hard plastic winding check used. The variegated material is kind of unique and I like the look of it, the rod almost looks like a zebra when done. The crackle finish is a basic white and black.
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Another crackle finish with copper under and bright blue on top. These are fast and fun to do.
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I purchased a set of Tour Star grips from Lance at Swampland Tackle, I really like the look and feel of them. Trimmed out with a JTDS.
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I added a little embellishment to the stock Batson grip set. The extension was also from the Batson catalog. Marbling was via Marco's tutorial.
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I used Marco's tutorial to apply the Crackle finish on this St Croix SCIV. I like the finished product and really like the speed that it can be applied.
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One way to increase the size of the mandrel.
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I'm rebuilding one of my first builds, I'm pretty proud of this it only took three tries to get this one right (lol).
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An off shoot from JT's Dragon Scale, I think it kind of looks like a twizzler (lol). It's part of a rebuild on one of my first builds.
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A poor photo, but the grip is made with zebra wood, Purple heart and Maple in a chevron, hybrid pattern.
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I'm in the process of mocking up a grip for a Batson Ultra Light IP840 and I'm looking for your opinions. It's my first attempt at segmenting EVA, and I like the out come of the grip. I'm not so sure about the reel seat; I'm wondering if it's to much black or if I should look for an acrylic with more yellow in it, some thing seems just a little off. I'm also kicking around titainium skeletons for
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I think I may have gotten carried away with the purple theme (lol).
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I thought I'd do a purple rod, maybe a little too purple (lol).
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I had a St Croix SCIV 4S70MLF that I built into a rod and didn't like the finished product. I tore it apart and then rebuilt it with a new wrap and a built in hook keeper. I have never liked the way a hook keeper messes up a nice clean wrap and built this one into the fore grip of the rod. The wrap is I think a dancing star in blue and yellow. The cork is a burnt and natural mix with corian for t
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I had a St Croix SCIV 4S70MLF that I built into a rod and didn't like the finished product. I tore it apart and then rebuilt it with a new wrap and a built in hook keeper. I have never liked the way a hook keeper messes up a nice clean wrap and built this one into the fore grip of the rod. The wrap is I think a dancing star in blue and yellow. The cork is a burnt and natural mix with corian for t
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I had a St Croix SCIV 4S70MLF that I built into a rod and didn't like the finished product. I tore it apart and then rebuilt it with a new wrap and a built in hook keeper. I have never liked the way a hook keeper messes up a nice clean wrap and built this one into the fore grip of the rod. The wrap is I think a dancing star in blue and yellow. The cork is a burnt and natural mix with corian for t
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I was fishing with a fellow NERB (Dan M) and he was watching me catch my hook on one of the guides. He asked me why I didn't have a hook keeper on my pole; I replied that I didn't have room with the way I finished my wraps. He suggested installing the hook keeper in the fore grip, this is the first attempt at building a hook keeper into the grip. I kind of like it, but think that there is a bette
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A St John's Cross from Billy's book. It's a little brighter color than I usually do, but I kind of like this combo.
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