Fenwick Grip
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A while back I became intrigued by the old Fenwick Grip design, which seems to have fallen out of favor.
I like the cork burls – I’ve used them on some grips around where your thumb sits. Sometimes on SW grips my thumb nail can wear away normal cork at the front part of a full wells over time. These burl rings seem to be a bit tougher. They look nice as a highlight too.
Best Regards,
Beechy
It looks really nice, Bob. Over the years I’ve watched your rod building get better and better. You are obviously exceeding production quality now and you ought to be commended on that.
Did you wrap and glue the hood of the reel seat to give it that burgundy striped pattern?
Zach
Thanks Zach
I wrapped the rod, which is a deep brown color, with candy apple red thread and no color preserver. This ends up a ruby red when the finish is applied because of the dark brown under it. The trim bands on the reel hood are also thread wraped, however, I had to use a darker maroon color over the gold. Once the finish was applied, it came out a close match to the wrap finish on the rod.
I use cork burl rings a lot in my grips now.
Nice.
Talking to several other rod builders, they too are saying that “good quality” cork is in high demand now.
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