dudley....................
Thanks for the location of the thread.
I am going to hold off on judgement on the rod till I receive it.
As jgestar mentions in his post, the only thing that is really suspect to me is the grip.
The Bakelite reel seat was common in those days and it wouldn?t surprise me if Russ Peak would use them on his lower end rods or ones that he was experimenting with tapers on.
As for the ferrules, they don?t look like brass to me, but tarnished nickle silver.
As I said, it is hard to make an assessment till I have the rod in hand.
Again, thanks for your help,
DickM