[Trevlett]

Hey guys,
Been meaning to join for ages, there's some interesting discussions over here!
Sorry if some of you are sick of seeing this rod, Im posting mostly because I know Ben doesn't FB!

An Epic 580 I completed recently, Can't wait to get it wet!
Cheers
Trev

[Mike Barrio]

Hi Trev ...... welcome to the forum

Nice one, some interesting original touches in the build and I'm sure you are going to love it when you get a few fish on it

Cheers
Mike

[Colin Sunley]

Welcome aboard
Very nice rod love what you have done to the handle and butt

[Sandy Nelson]

Welcome to the forum Trev

There is some amount of work gone into that build, totally different
They are great fun to fish, so enjoy

Cheers

Sandy

[Rob Brownfield]

Some very innovative touches!!! Love it.

If you had built it on a modern blank it would be stunning

[Sandy Nelson]

If you had built it on a modern blank it would be stunning

Cheeky   Define Modern.........

Sandy

[Rob Brownfield]

Cheeky   Define Modern.........

Sandy

Modern.....characteristic of present and recent time

 

[Sandy Nelson]

Modern.....characteristic of present and recent time

Consistant Carbon fibres originated in 1880 and Consistant Fiberglass fibres in 1893. So what's modern

S2 glass was developed for the aerospace industry and is used for Military Missiles, not to far removed from the development of 'modern' carbon cloths
Resin technology seems to be where its at as far as what defines modern, and perhaps if it was used to impreg cane we could have a Boo that was more modern than anything else.

All good fun

Trev,  did you mould the resin portions of your handle? if so what did you use?

Cheers

Sandy

[Marc Fauvet]

hey Trev !
any idea of the actual weight of both grip and butt ?
or in other words, how much heavier is the resin/wood/cork combo compared to 'standard' all-cork ?
thanks,
marc

[Allan Liddle]

Looks amazing 

[Trevlett]

I should have weighed them Marc but much heavier is the answer!
Certainly not too heavy, the bark might be 30-40% heavier than cork. the resin pieces are as heavy as you would imagine them to be
They start life as cast blocks, stabilized maple burl topped off with the clear/pearl glitter resin.


Then I turn them on a lathe to this..


Then they are set onto the blank with clear resin to "melt" them onto the blank.

Thanks for the kind comments!
Trev

[Marc Fauvet]

I should have weighed them Marc but much heavier is the answer!

why am i not surprised ?... 
thanks Bro, this is really gorgeous work, hat's off to you !