I started this rod about a year and a half ago, lost motivation, and built a couple other rods. Then I decided to try some new techniques on it. My first ramp, first feather inlay. Tried a different brand of color preserver (didn't work as well as U40 colorlock) and tried Threadmaster epoxy (I liked it better than U40 LS supreme). I also realized it is very difficult to take good pictures of a rod. The pictures: