Chapmans 500 de-luxe - Ferrule Corrosion

[Black Prince]

A really nice find indeed may you have many hours enjoyment and catch plenty of fish with your new acquisition Mike

[Pyrethrum5]

Happy Easter!

By way of an update, I spent a part of the Easter Bank Holiday weekend attending to the corroded ferrule joints of my Chapmans 500 de-luxe 'tip find'. I am pleased to say that with nothing more than a little TLC and some soapy water they are back to normal (compare to my first post):





The rod sections fit lovely together with a wonderfully satisfying pop when pulling them apart.



The assembled rod feels great and think it'll be balanced lovely by one of my 'pins.

I've yet to Christen the rod, but will be sure to post when I do.

Kind regards,

Mark

[Santiago]

Great news. Now you can enjoy fishing with it.

[Mick]

So pleased it worked out for you. What a fantastic find. I hope you have many years of enjoyment with it. Welcome to the 500 club!

[Paul D]

Well saved Sir.

[Wallys-Cast]

The corrosion looked terminal to me, I thought new ferrules for certain but it just goes to show how wrong you can be, well done on a great save and what a bargain.

Wal.