Yes finally Jeremy. My wrist is still aching from turning the thicker sections.
I started with a dark green but it just looked wrong compared to the original which was much lighter so I opted for FishHawk 6779 mid green.
It's had four good coats of varnish and I think that's probably all it will get. Enough varnish to seal out the damp and a smooth enough finish to handle regular use.
The pole came with the largest of the ferrule plugs but looking at the picture in the catalogue I noticed there should be three in total to prevent the sections dropping out when stowed away so I made the other two ferrule plugs from vintage wooden rod buttons. I knew they would come in handy one day.
The original Greenheart tip had a couple of rings attached so I put an anchor ring and a couple of drop rings on the new cane tip. I will use a length of line fastened to the anchor ring and run through the other three rings to attach the main line too. This should give the tip a more of a progressive curve in use.
I could also use a short length of elastic in the same way.
I read the description about the revolving bronze tip ring and just couldn't get a picture in my head of what it would look like. Then thanks to Les who sent me a picture of one and a very kind offer to send me it. I then realised I actually had a couple of them in my vintage bits box so that was another missing bit solved. The phosphor bronze centre rotates freely inside the wire frame, simple really but I just couldn't see it in my mind.
I have left the name Windsor off the pole for now until I find a picture of another one and see how and where it was written or if it was a label. I would be grateful if anyone can shed any light on this. These poles do seem to be very rare, I cannot find anything on the internet about them.
Thanks for looking.
Wal.