The plastic tube has been forcibly bent about a foot from the top. Wish I'd noticed or had the forethought to open it when the courier was there. Still, hindsight.
I've recovered a bit today, getting my money back helped. I'm now thinking its more a shame that such a lovely rod has been damaged in such a way. There maybe light at the end of this tunnel though. There are two, possibly three, possibilities on the horizon. One being keeping the rod and making it shorter, two being the bloke I bought it off is a bit of a collector and says he'll have a look and see if he has something similar and three.... Well, three will have to wait until next week.
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