5 Years to Cure Delamination

[Fredline]

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This was my original thread about this 9 ft Sowerbutts small river rod that I posted over 5 years ago and Woohoo I have finally finished it. Why 5 years I hear you ask? Well the handle was a mess because someone in the past had tried to stabalise it with ?????. The top section was whipped every 5mm in 3 colours and the ferrules needed resetting. It appeared a very daunting task and one I was not looking forward to doing, if ever. But a couple of weeks ago I bit the bullet and started.
So ferrules reset, handle sympathetically restored and both sections rewhipped in ONE colour, almost. It is tipped with green wraps. I have added an homage to the original 3 colours on the bottom section. The black was the original guide wrap colour. The top section close whipping was every 5mm so I had to find a process to use 3 turns only as the rod would have looked completely wrapped in Garnet. The process involved 2 turns of thread, add the pull through and then one more turn before pulling it through. You could breath on it and it would unravel so as soon as the 3 turns were finished I pulled them tight and immediately sealed them. This meant only doing a few at a time at various stages of the rod. 2 Weeks later they were done. Finally a good few coats of water based silk varnish and here it is finished. It has a wonderful balanced through action which is why I have described it a small river rod.
Mr Sowerbutts, you rock.
I have also finished a Homers Cycle/Poachers Rod that has only taken 4 years, I will list that later.

[Lea Dweller]

Having seen the Sowerbutts rod, before it was finished, I could see the potential. The finished rod is superb, well done John!

[Jeremy Croxall]

What a lovely little thing!
Lots of work there John, executed beautifully.

[RBTraditional]

Beautifully restored… and well worth the effort

[Mr B]

Well done John...lovely Job and a terrific right up... I like the "Plucking up courage and biting the bullet.
Looks a splendid job and "right up your street" being a nice small river rod.
And... well done for loading a video. "Marvellous"
Thanks for sharing that.

Tight lines
Mark
Aka Mr B

[Grumpy]

Looks great John,please bring it along to our meet next week.

[Harry H]

Lovely job

[Duckett]

That’s a lovely job you’ve done there John.

Phil

[Liphook]

Very nicely done Fredline Great patience shown for all those inters! Out of interest do you know how much time they took?

[Fredline]

Very nicely done Fredline Great patience shown for all those inters! Out of interest do you know how much time they took?

It averaged 8 - 10 a day. About 2 weeks. It is not labour intensive but I did not dare do any more for fear of rubbing them off. The are 40/50 in each of the top 3 sections. 3 wraps is awkward but achievable. I would love to know how others have, if ever, have got on with 3 wraps.