I used a cheap blank, probably made in far east ( or west!? ..depends in which direction you're looking ) It's a three piece 6'6'' long for a two weight line. It's quite soft , with a "central/progressive" action. To complete the rod I used some material I had "lying around"... Some champagne stoppers for the grip and reel seat. Two stainless steel rings for holding the reel in place, some "dental" wire for snakes, two color thread for the wraps and some varnish.. I know it's not very "pretty" but it works fine..
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Very well done!

Looks awesome!

Beautifull rod Savli !
don't drink too much when you will make the next handle !
bye Michele

Grazie Michele! I use only used champagne cork stoppers for the rod handles...So, I'm forced to drink!
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I like your chrome 'old school' stripper guide .....

Thanks for posting the link to that reel-maker's website. After checking out some of his work, all that I can say is: "WOW!"

Looks great!

Savli, I followed your link to a web page which looked very interesting -- wow! --- a lot of rodbuilding photos, graphs, technical data, and text. When I clicked on 'english' at the top of the page, it displayed a page with completely different content -- not what I was expecting. Am I doing something wrong? I see stringed instruments in your photos, and your icon, so i'm wondering are you also a luthier?

On my friend's site only some basic information is in english, the rest is in slovenian only as is my article.. You may use "copy/paste" and google translator to "decode" the text
(As the theme on luthiery does not match with this forum I can only quickly say that I made two guitars.. one acoustic archtop and one electric. I don't have sound samples of the archtop, electric can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERk4iccXSRU )
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The best of recycling!