It arrived yesterday and I am pleased with it. It is very original with the thin wire rings, clearly not mucked about with. However, the tip is cane coloured glass fibre and is a very old replacement from the 50's, in my opinion. The balance and the action seem fine and I quite like it as it is. The tip is clearly a part of the rod's history and I feel it should be retained, but do I attempt to acquire a cane one? Decisions, decisions!
I am old enough to remember the first retailed rods that had glass fibre tips, and also the lads who bought replacements after a breakage, in the first half of the 50's. Quite frankly many were heavy and were blue or green and quite frankly were rubbish. This one doesn't fall into that category. I shall see Wal next month and ask him what he suggests.
I spotted that too Mal when doing a little Google search following my acquisition. The fact that there wasn't a tff thread for that model probably indicates that it is a rare. (or not very good). I think it feels rather good, even with the glass tip, although that would detract from it's appeal/value by the aficionados.
