nice to see that someone sees the light.

then there's this...
You see, what the ?bamboo folks? don't want you to know is that they're part of this exclusive club or some sort of secret society, that 'exclude' you. Why? Because you're not rich (and not all are rich, don't have hours and hours and hours to read or study about bamboo fly rods, you don't know a culm from a node and so on. But you know what? You can fish bamboo at a reasonable cost AND in a reasonable time. Since we can supply the blanks for you, prices starting at just $135 and kits starting at just $275, you'll be able assemble your ?instant heirloom? in just a long weekend!!! If you've built a few graphite rods already, one weekend will have you on your way.
from the H&H website, which I don't buy for a second.

if yer interested in fishing bamboo at a very fair price, by all means assemble a kit, but I would hesitate to call it an instant heirloom. especially if built on one of the imported blanks. furthermore to obtain a quality finish in a weekend is absolutely absurd.