Ok so finally the kingfisher is all done. dipped and ready to fish!!
In finishing the Kingfisher I found that the furals had too much of a step to neatly wrap as is. What was done was a...
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Ok so finally the kingfisher is all done. dipped and ready to fish!!
In finishing the Kingfisher I found that the furals had too much of a step to neatly wrap as is. What was done was a...
Sorry for the delay in updates. I have been working on a few other projects and had sidelined this rod for a bit. Over the last few days as we get ready to dip the rod I started on my finish work, I...
hay lotech i'll post up some photos soon been working on some other things
Well yesterday I put a second coat of helmsman on the wraps hoping tonight to buff them out and get ready for straightening and finale finishing.
Well this morning i'm not to happy with one of the guide wraps after the first coat of helmsman so I cut the tread off and will re-wrap the guide.
Well The last few days have been an interesting time of wrapping the guides onto the Kingfisher.
the guide placement had to be modified because of two reasons. one was to give more room for...
Today I glued up the Polychromatic grip with two part epoxy after trimming the points off the squares in preparation for turning on the lathe. The grip style I have chosen for the KingFisher is a...
With the guides removed and the rod cleaned back to bear bamboo. It was time to find and check the taper. Stating at the tip-top and a 5" rule I marked the rod every 5". for a total of 17 stations...
The reel seat and grip for this beauty turned out to be a slight challenge. The original grip was a peace of turned soft-wood that was covered in thin cork. This grip served as an attachment point...
One of the many Bamboo rods I own is a classic King Fisher 7'9" that I got from Rainbow. When I received the rod it was in extremely poor shape finish wise, grip wise, and guide wise. The finish was...