The Traditional Fisherman's Forum

Cat wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2024 11:45 am Very nice indeed. Enjoy!

Pallenpool wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2024 12:00 pm They look wonderful. I’d go with RBT - JB Walker cane.
You do not come across many with the onion atop the corkage either.
Lovely looking canes.

RBTraditional wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2024 10:24 am I have a number of JBW rods, there’s not one alike, as individuals would have built them to suit their tastes. Some have winding checks others don’t… but one thing is mostly standard apart from the feel of the cane and that is the stand off butt ring supplied by JBW. It’s usually the giveaway…

Santiago wrote: ↑Tue Feb 20, 2024 9:29 am I'm not convinced that they're JB Walker kit rods. The cane appears fairly light compared to the darker cane on the JB kit rods, and the varnish doesn't look very old and has not been applied in the style of the times which would have been thinner, not a gaudy gloss. Possibly restored in 1995, which might explain the numbers 95 on the butt.

The rods do look nice though but I suspect that they're reconditioned B James rods as that would fit with the light cane and the varnish.

RBTraditional wrote: ↑Tue Feb 20, 2024 10:35 am

Santiago wrote: ↑Tue Feb 20, 2024 9:29 am I'm not convinced that they're JB Walker kit rods. The cane appears fairly light compared to the darker cane on the JB kit rods, and the varnish doesn't look very old and has not been applied in the style of the times which would have been thinner, not a gaudy gloss. Possibly restored in 1995, which might explain the numbers 95 on the butt.

The rods do look nice though but I suspect that they're reconditioned B James rods as that would fit with the light cane and the varnish.

That’s not strictly correct Santiago, I have around 15 JBW rods both carp and Avons and the colour of the cane varies greatly between dark and light straw coloured. I imagine the darker canes are the earlier ones when Bob Southwell had much to do with JBW….