May 16th 1953.Mole-Patrol wrote: ↑Tue Mar 10, 2020 9:07 am Out of interest what month of 1953 was that advert featured?
Dick Walker Advert Mk 1V 1953
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Re: Dick Walker Advert Mk 1V 1953
If you have no grease with you, and your rings are full of ice, do not cut out the ice with a pen-knife but get your man to put the rings one by one in his mouth, and so to thaw the ice.
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Re: Dick Walker Advert Mk 1V 1953
I wonder if Dick fired off a letter of complaint about that advert claim....if he did it may not have been read by Jim Bruce Snr. as Dick still thought his name was B.James!
We have on here image copies of letters showing what Dick thought of Jim's attempt at rod writing. He didn't pull any punches.......
We have on here image copies of letters showing what Dick thought of Jim's attempt at rod writing. He didn't pull any punches.......
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With regard to the length of rods, Dr Cane put me right. I discussed a couple of my Sharpes rods with him, saying that the 9' 3" was over 9' 5" and the 9' 6" was over 9' 8". Apparently the stated length is the length of the blank and that you gain a couple of inches or so with the build. I guess James Bruce went on to claim that extra 2" after a while.
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Re: Dick Walker Advert Mk 1V 1953
Very interesting advert. Thank you.
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Re: Dick Walker Advert Mk 1V 1953
That makes perfect sense.Bob Brookes wrote: ↑Wed Mar 11, 2020 10:33 am With regard to the length of rods, Dr Cane put me right. I discussed a couple of my Sharpes rods with him, saying that the 9' 3" was over 9' 5" and the 9' 6" was over 9' 8". Apparently the stated length is the length of the blank and that you gain a couple of inches or so with the build. I guess James Bruce went on to claim that extra 2" after a while.
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Re: Dick Walker Advert Mk 1V 1953
As stated previously, the cane blank was 10', by the time you added the tip ring, alloy butt cap and button plus the ferrule you now have 10' 2" or thereabouts, it is the same with modern rods, you will also find some old glass and carbon rods that have had a lot of use over the years and developed a loose top joint and had the top joint trimmed and re whipped have lost a bit of length!!!!
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Re: Dick Walker Advert Mk 1V 1953
3.2 lb bs Bayer was my line of choice for years :-)