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Very nice rare rod Mal, well done that man :Thumb:

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Pafpuff wrote:Very nice rare rod Mal, well done that man :Thumb:
I'm hoping that's a real 'rare,' Sir ... and not the 'rare' used on a certain internet auction site !!! :Hahaha: :Chuckle: :Hahaha:

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AshbyCut wrote:
Wagtail wrote:Lovely looking rod, Mal. Just wish I'd had time to say hello properly.... and then I might have got to have a waggle too!
You will, Sir ... you will ... and remember ... LL only got a waggle because he was sneaky enough to have the delightful Mrs. LL diverting customer's attention so he had time to chat !!! :Wink:
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LuckyLuca wrote:They don't call me lucky for nothing AC :Cool:
Like all TFF members I've met LL, Sir ... including me ... 'punching above our weight,' I think the modern idiom has it !!! :Wink:
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Miles and miles above Mal :cheers:
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Beresford wrote:I've always wondered why they didn't but I think the Hardy ring might be lighter than an agate.
This could well be a factor.Hardys were very experienced game fishing tackle makers and often used unlined butt rings on their salmon and trout rods.I guess they and RW deemed lined rings were not needed and it helped with the lightness a little.I very much doubt that it was due to cost.The RW Carp/Avon rods also have cork butt ends and a "clean" look to them.Late Chapman rods,Ledgerstrike in particular had this modern finish and had NL (New Look) after the name to signify this.

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I agree that it can't have been for cost reasons. Perhaps they thought their ring style was superior to the big agates others used, although they put some odd mixes of rings on various rods over the years. I'm sure I've seen in print Walker later recommending the plain cork end to the handle of a MkIV style rod and it's well known that he thought intermediate whippings 'a load of rubbish!'

I love the clean aesthetics of the Hardy rods like Mal's example here where the natural beauty of the cane isn't reduced by superfluous intermediate whippings.
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That's a lovely rod Sir! I'm sure it will bring you many years of pleasure.

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Stunning! (im not jealous at all :shocked: )

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Re: Hardy Richard Walker Avon

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Hi,
Lovely rod and you might be interested that the "C/S" part gives the date and refers to March 1967.
Dok

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