Hello
Grouse it was an honor to tune up that Phillipson family heirloom for you and yours.
Don technically Phillipson is still in business, Ricks Rods owns the Phillipson shop,name,rights,NOS rod making materials and sells the last I knew finished rods.
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"no way are you buying a quality blank for $20 and the rod has to be full of good mojo"
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"I now have a new Phillipson finished to my taste"
Don that's music to many folks ears !!
I Just Wish Rat Face Was Around To Hear It !!
As many of you know unfortunately I had to stop taking in work due to health issues,however I still get out to the Flea Market once in a while.
I picked up an amazing rod last summer, it's a H.L Leonard Phillipson glass rod with Nickle Silver Ferrules,The Butternut Inserted Leonard Reel Seat, Full length,it needs a complete remake the wraps are light brown and fraying,the grip seat and ferrule are all serviceable and can be retained,the blank is 100 % with only a few very minor paint rubs, it's an 8' 2/1 5/6 Weight.
It had a very dirty Hardy Lightweight reel with a bent spool holding a 444 line hanging off of it as well.
I picked up the package for less that the price of the stripping guide,whom ever the fool was that said you don't find Treasures at the Northeast flea markets never went shopping with me.
While I was walking around the flea with the rod this guy in the crowd out of the blue asked to purchase the rod from me,He wanted to give me 20 bucks,Nope,then he says how about just the reel,my answer was the line is worth 25 bucks,he says keep the line I'll give you 25 for the reel,Nope 100 bucks not a penny less.
His response was your nuts the spool is bent,it had a very small tweak where the handle got whacked a very easy fix. I said sorry that's my price and walked away.
We go our separate ways,it's old home week so I'm chatting with some of the vendors,I'm looking at a Run Of The Mill Mint Monty doing a half ass ed appraisal telling the guy to put 300 on it and don't take less than 2.
The reel guy appears again out of the blue and says I have 85 that's the best I can do.
Sold to the man in the green hat.
This Phillipson rod has allot of Mojo and I haven't done anything to it yet .
Tight Lines And Flea Market Gotta Love It Loops
Andy M