rovercat
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The Grip is Podarosa Pine Bark, Walnut and a little trim ring with two layers of birch bark. I think I eill do a pen out of the bark.
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sptfr43
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sweet! makes me want to learn how to fly fish. great job on that can you tell us how you did it?
johncrane
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thats different Brian l like it too.[
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]LEAP
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Man that is beautiful!
I continued to be awed by the craftsmanship I see. You folks keep resetting the bar ever higher.
I continued to be awed by the craftsmanship I see. You folks keep resetting the bar ever higher.
TellicoTurning
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Brian,
Really cool fly rod handle... been wanting to try one my self, but haven't yet..
Have you seen the rods this guy makes...
http://classiccustomwood.com/
Really cool fly rod handle... been wanting to try one my self, but haven't yet..
Have you seen the rods this guy makes...
http://classiccustomwood.com/
clthayer
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That is quite stunning.
Christian
Christian
Stevej72
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Wow, Brian that is a beautiful grip. Makes me want to dust off my fly rod and put a new grip on it.
rovercat
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sptfr43
I found some nice thick bark from a tree that had been cut down-I was out picking Huckleberries-.
First I cut the bark into 1 1/2 inch strips. Next the outer rough bark was trimmed of in my band saw. Then the inner layer where the bugs had been was trimmed off. The strips were then cut to 1 1/2 in squares and most came out to about 1/2 in thick. Drilled a 3/8 center hole in each square covered a 3/8 threaded rod with plumbers Teflon tape and glued the sections together including the Walnut. Turned the grip on my lathe while still on the rod. With a very sharp skew the light sections of bark come off very nice and clean. The dark area comes off as very fine dust. If you use this stuff take perceptions due to the dust.
This grip is for a customer in Florida.
ozmandus
I had . A couple of years ago. He does very nice work. I have done the checker board designs and the rest of his work is Awesome
I found some nice thick bark from a tree that had been cut down-I was out picking Huckleberries-.
First I cut the bark into 1 1/2 inch strips. Next the outer rough bark was trimmed of in my band saw. Then the inner layer where the bugs had been was trimmed off. The strips were then cut to 1 1/2 in squares and most came out to about 1/2 in thick. Drilled a 3/8 center hole in each square covered a 3/8 threaded rod with plumbers Teflon tape and glued the sections together including the Walnut. Turned the grip on my lathe while still on the rod. With a very sharp skew the light sections of bark come off very nice and clean. The dark area comes off as very fine dust. If you use this stuff take perceptions due to the dust.
This grip is for a customer in Florida.
ozmandus
I had . A couple of years ago. He does very nice work. I have done the checker board designs and the rest of his work is Awesome
JimGo
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That is pretty cool!!!! Nice job!!
Jim15
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Great job.
bob393
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WoW!! Super
BigRob777
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Brian,
Very nice. Are those lines worm tracks?
Rob
Very nice. Are those lines worm tracks?
Rob
Papabear
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Nice Job Brian, I've been thinking of doing these also. Where did you find the kit?
rovercat
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Papabear
The grip is not made from a kit. I make all my grips from scratch I guess you would call it. I know of no available kits. They are easy to do though. Most I turn on a pen mandrel.
BigRob777
The dark is the layers of bark as is the light.
I am getting ready to do a pen out of the scraps I have left from the grip. I will include a photo of a piece of bark.
Brian
The grip is not made from a kit. I make all my grips from scratch I guess you would call it. I know of no available kits. They are easy to do though. Most I turn on a pen mandrel.
BigRob777
The dark is the layers of bark as is the light.
I am getting ready to do a pen out of the scraps I have left from the grip. I will include a photo of a piece of bark.
Brian
dfurlano
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Nice job on the handle. I really like the look.
Penmonkey
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That is really nice. Do you make rods too?
rovercat
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Penmonkey
Yes I do build custom rods. Both fly and spinning rods.
Yes I do build custom rods. Both fly and spinning rods.
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