Quote Originally Posted by Kaboom1 View Post
I wanted to try a few things and I thought that the blank would be a good platform. I had never done a ratan grip...turned out it was not that hard. Great wat to use up some lower grade cork I had laying around.
I wanted to try a reel seat with the cork check as part of the seat. I thinks it is a good look.
The reel seat hardware started out its life as brass plumbing fittings, I bought 2 fittings for a total of $3.00 and I made 2 sets of hardware from them. They are not perfect, but it works for me.
For me, that is the fun part of building a rod...using bits and pieces that I have collecting dust that were never intended to be part of a fishing rod.

Brad
Any words of wisdom you'd like to share regarding how you fashioned the reel seat hardware? I think it looks outstanding!