Years ago, Bob McKamey's Custom Tackle Supply in Shelbyville, TN used to sell some Lamiglas 4-piece spigot ferruled blanks yellow/honey fiberglass fly blanks. They were reportedly "blems" that Lamiglas cut and spigot ferruled as 4-piece blanks. There was also another tackle/rod building supply dealer that sold these in Illinois if memory serves, but I can't remember the name of the dealer.
From what I recall, Lamiglas stopped producing these 4-piece spigot ferruled glass blanks many years ago.
I had several of these blanks at one time (wish I still had a couple!), but they have been built and passed on to friends and relatives, or sold, some time ago. The blemishes were minimal or nonexistent on the blanks I had, although a couple did have a bit of bend in the tips. They made for some sweet rods! The ones I had were 6'6", 7' and 7'6", but they also had some 8' blanks.
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