Can anyone remember which firm used to decorate the mouths of its ferrules with a band of orange whipping?
I have one such, a fairly nasty bottom rod but with a nice built-cane tip, and if it isn't a "name", I think I can find a worthier recipient for that tip!
Orange whippings on ferrules?
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Orange whippings on ferrules?
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Re: Orange whippings on ferrules?
Brent of Hailsham used orange on their rods, but not sure about decorative whippings on the mouths of metal ferrules.
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Re: Orange whippings on ferrules?
Chubbs of Edgeware used a very bright orange.
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Re: Orange whippings on ferrules?
They did - I'd forgotten them. If it's one of theirs don't chop it up!Beresford wrote:Chubbs of Edgeware used a very bright orange.
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Re: Orange whippings on ferrules?
Scroll down for a look…
http://vintagefishingtackle.net/SPLIT-CANE-RODS
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Re: Orange whippings on ferrules?
For those of you who know of him, that site is Steve Boncey's.
He is in the finishing touches of building a new workshop and will be taking on work again soon.
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Well remembered with the Chubbs image Beresford.
He is in the finishing touches of building a new workshop and will be taking on work again soon.
Me first!
Well remembered with the Chubbs image Beresford.
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Re: Orange whippings on ferrules?
Seven years on (HOW?) I've just seen a photo of a Geo. Wilkins "Trent" with the same orange band of whipping where the reinforcement would be on a more posh rod; I shall therefore consider mine to be a more lowly version (the tip has no splice, and the balance and weight leave a fair bit to be desired), but I'll upgrade the maker from "Anonymous" to "Possibly Wilkins".
Would Geo. be George or Geoffrey?
Would Geo. be George or Geoffrey?
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Re: Orange whippings on ferrules?
George.Vole wrote: ↑Sat May 04, 2019 2:44 pm Seven years on (HOW?) I've just seen a photo of a Geo. Wilkins "Trent" with the same orange band of whipping where the reinforcement would be on a more posh rod; I shall therefore consider mine to be a more lowly version (the tip has no splice, and the balance and weight leave a fair bit to be desired), but I'll upgrade the maker from "Anonymous" to "Possibly Wilkins".
Would Geo. be George or Geoffrey?
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Re: Orange whippings on ferrules?
Thanks! I thought that was usually the case.
To what, I wonder, did a "Geoffrey" abbreviate?
To what, I wonder, did a "Geoffrey" abbreviate?
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