Updates included - thanks Larry1961-196? -- Hardy Glaskona -- Sportex(?) blank (mint green) -- metal ferrules, red wraps
196?-196? -- Hardy Neo-Glas -- Sportex(?) blank (caramel) -- metal ferrules, red wraps
--- 1967 Hardy starts using Fisher blanks ---
1967-1969 -- Hardy Jet -- Fisher blank -- white spigots, gold wraps, brown tips.
--- 1969 Hardy opens Alnwick (Fibatube?) blank factory with Fisher technical support ---
1969-1973 -- Hardy Jet -- Alnwick blank -- brown spigots(?), gold wraps, brown tips.
1974-197? -- Hardy Fibalite -- Alnwick blank - brown spigots, gold wraps, brown tips
197?-199? -- Hardy Fibalite Perfection -- Alnwick blank -- brown spigots, [variations below]
***1979 -- Alnwick blank -- brown spigots, gold wraps, red tips
***1983 -- Alnwick blank (translucent)-- brown spigots(?) -- red wraps
***198? -- Alnwick blank -- brown spigots, tan wraps, red tips
***1983 -- Alnwick blank (almost black) -- brown spigots, red wraps199?-200? -- Hardy Zephyrus -- Alnwick blank (deep aubergine?) -- matching spigots, matching wraps
1998-2006 -- Hardy Perfection -- Alnwick blank (black) -- black spigots, ruby wraps
--- Alnwick glass blank production ceases ---
2009-201? -- Hardy (multiple names) -- China blank (green) -- white spigots, black wraps
2016-2021 -- Hardy Sirrus Glass -- China blank (tan) -- white spigots, brown wraps
Iffy - couldn't find a picture of a Glaskona made on a Fisher or Alnwick blank196?-196? -- Hardy Glaskona (?) -- Fisher blank -- white spigots, brown wraps, gold tips
References/photos
Fisher blank JET from 1966:
https://www.adamsanglingbooks.com/product/6528/90-HARDY-JET-Mod-HF-91-Glass-21-4--oz-89-line-HARDYGreen blank Glaskona with metal ferrules:
https://vintagefishingtackle.co.uk/product/hardy-810-6-7-glaskona-fly-rod/Caramel blank Glaskona with metal ferrules:
https://www.riverfreak.jp/2018/06/08/hardy-glaskona-80-2pc/Questions and answers
1. Who made blanks for Hardy before Fisher?
***Sportex - but which ones did they make? green? caramel? both?2. Did Hardy make Glaskona-named rods with Fisher blanks?
***still not finding pictures or other evidence3. Did Hardy make rods with Fisher blanks before the JET-named rods?
***still open4. Were JET-named rod blanks made in the USA by Fisher? Or in the New Alnwick factory? Or both?
***both - produced from 1967 to 1973, and Alnwick started making blanks in 19695. When did Hardy stop making Fibalite Perfection rods? 1980's? or 1990's?
***appears to be early 1990's6. Was there another series between the Fibalite Perfections and the late 90's Zephyrus & Perfection rods?
***unknown, but Fibalite Perfection ran into the 1990's, maybe not too likely