Re: Chapman Amwell, £20....
Posted: Sat May 22, 2021 11:42 pm
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I waggled Wals Amwell and thought how nice it was......Gudgeon Basher wrote: ↑Sun May 16, 2021 10:59 pm Nice fish and photos Wal, these really are greatly underrated rods aren't they.
GB
BBBoltonBullfinch wrote: ↑Sat May 22, 2021 7:42 pm Update....
Whilst having a go at making some floats this afternoon, I kept glancing at the two sections of the Amwell that I currently have in my possession, and the more I looked, the more I wanted to strip them down to bare cane.
I gave in around teatime and got the old steel 6inch rule and some curly stuff that works like steel wool but doesn't go through me, then set to work removing the guides and removing the varnish. As is sometimes the case, someone in the not too distant past had decided to give the rod a lovely thick coat of yacht varnish over the original covering, it was still sticky under a couple of guide whippings. Anyway, in about 40 minutes the two sections were as naked as the day they were born, except for the ferrules and the handle. The intermediates have left wonderful marks to help when re whipping, and they are not close together like a MKIV, more like a couple of inches apart. I will ask John Chapman next week if he has any of the wine thread used on this rod available, and see if he has any of the Chapmans of Ware stickers available. The ink writing that said The Amwell has come off in the stripping but has also left a nice outline to follow with a pen. I'm not intending doing too much to the rod at the moment until I get my hands on the tip section and see if it's the correct tip and is sound.
Thanks
BB
i would have thought that the correct tip will be the one that fits the mid section ferrule . chances of a random ferrule fitting the wrong rod must be pretty slim surely?BoltonBullfinch wrote: ↑Mon May 17, 2021 9:05 pm I got my Chapman Amwell on Saturday as my sister did a flying visit back north to fill her lungs with some decent air. What I received was a OK butt section, a OK middle section and three tip sections from god knows what. Although somewhat disappointed by the lack of the correct tip, I decided that the Amwell will be a long term project. I told Ted I had the Amwell and the Aquilla I got off him some time ago, thanking him for the Aquilla and explaining about the Amwell.
Today I got a message from Ted to say he had contacted the guy in the junk shop and there was another tip section that they had not passed on to my brother when he picked up the rod. It would be beyond belief if this tip was correct and serviceable, but one can hope.
I think this rod deserves a refurb no matter what, so if the tip is OK I might get it restored by someone much better than I am at the work, if it needs a new tip making then to keep costs sensible I will probably do it myself.
I will put some before pictures on here at the weekend.
Thanks
BB
The whipping can be either Wine or Green on the Amwell and the Standard will have intermediate whips and butt cap and button. The SP will have no intermediate whips and no cap or button.Gudgeon Basher wrote: ↑Sun May 23, 2021 11:41 am
The inters should be green on an Amwell presuming that you are returning it to original specs, do you know if yours was an Amwell or the Amwell SP?
GB