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Thanks for sharing Nobby.

Another of our members, BarneyGallop, bought some rod-making bits and bobs from your uncle when he retired and his rod planning formers were bought by Edward Barder, probably the most famous and successful rod maker around today.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/c ... wbury.html

It's just possible that this early image of Edward also features that very planing former:

http://www.barder-rod.co.uk/about%20us/workshop.jpg