Spanish Reed Project
Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2018 9:09 pm
Just been reading Chavenders "the on/off/on again off again Spanish reed rod resturation project" which appears to be a timely warning for my current project.
I am converting a Bennet's of Sheffield Spanish Reed match rod into a 2 section landing net handle. It was painted black and I fancied a more natural look so I removed the paint but found that it had seeped deeply into the reed and would require a lot of sanding to remove it.
Then I red the above piece, this rod appeared to have major cracks under the paint, looking at mine it looked fine so I put a coat of varnish on just to see how it would look, despite the ingrained paint.
This revealed cracks in every section from ferrule to but, Oh dear!
I have put a fair bit of pressure on the reed and the cracks seem to be stable, rather than scrap project I think a bit of glue in the cracks and a dowel down the end of the ferrule, plus an extra bit of whipping should be OK for the size of fish I catch.
Was there a follow up to this piece because I would be very interested to see how it went, meanwhile I will agonise over to paint or varnish.
JW
I am converting a Bennet's of Sheffield Spanish Reed match rod into a 2 section landing net handle. It was painted black and I fancied a more natural look so I removed the paint but found that it had seeped deeply into the reed and would require a lot of sanding to remove it.
Then I red the above piece, this rod appeared to have major cracks under the paint, looking at mine it looked fine so I put a coat of varnish on just to see how it would look, despite the ingrained paint.
This revealed cracks in every section from ferrule to but, Oh dear!
I have put a fair bit of pressure on the reed and the cracks seem to be stable, rather than scrap project I think a bit of glue in the cracks and a dowel down the end of the ferrule, plus an extra bit of whipping should be OK for the size of fish I catch.
Was there a follow up to this piece because I would be very interested to see how it went, meanwhile I will agonise over to paint or varnish.
JW