[troutist]

very good!

[Sandy Nelson]

I've decided to Keep the Darkside's Lightsaber for myself as i think it looks great

Its great fun on the Ythan were it acts like a mini Switch rod and is spot on for fun with the finnock

So I have done some photo's for the Olive rod which is finished now and no longer available
It has a flor grade handle and a nickel silver and Burled elder reel seat, fine wire double leg snakes and is whipped in Ash Grey silk. It comes with Epic bag and rod tube.

Hope you like it, i think the olive looks fantastic in the daylight and adds another interesting twist on the Whole Epic concept.










As an update on the remaining Blanks, we have a Flame and an Amber left in stock as the Nude is currently in Construction for a customer in Finland He has gone for a Modern twist on the build with single leg rings and invisible wraps with a highlight, great fun to be building something different. Every Epic so far has been quite different in terms of build but all equally great in terms of performance.

Cheers

Sandy

[Mike Barrio]

They are just getting better and better Sandy ..... Nice, very nice!

Cheers
Mike

[Noel Kelly]

They sure are beautiful colours and you're doing them justice sandy 

[Marc Fauvet]

 

[Euan Innes]

So that's where recycled Mountain Dew bottles go when they get binned......
Still fugly but not as fugly as the red one.  I'm sure they are lovely things to cast but OMG the colour schemes make my eyes bleed.
Any chance they might make a 9'.#4 weight in black?

 

[Ben Dixon]

Like the colour of that green one Sandy, what thread have you used that has gone transparent on the feet but olive on the blank?


Cheers

Ben

[Eddie Sinclair]

So that's where recycled Mountain Dew bottles go when they get binned......
Still fugly but not as fugly as the red one.  I'm sure they are lovely things to cast but OMG the colour schemes make my eyes bleed.
Any chance they might make a 9'.#4 weight in black?

 

Sorry Euan,

I think it looks pretty cool and if I was not buggering off for a few years I would be tempted if it casts as good as it looks. Then again I do have a green sage and a blue Helios 2.

Eddie.

[Sandy Nelson]

Ben

It's Langley super fine silk #10 smoke.
I thought the effect was pretty cool too

Thanks for all the comments

Sandy

[Campbell S]

Wow! These rods are amazing. Must get my hands on one to try.

Campbell

[Sandy Nelson]

Here's the latest one built for a customer in Finland.
He wanted it to be sympathetic to his Nautilus reel (silver with red drag) and to be a bit more modern in appearance.
I hope he is happy with the effect, it was a bit tricky but turned out really nice. Almost Classic Glass, ironic given it is a modern style build, but perhaps thats the secret to a modern classic he has kindly allowed me to share some photo's of his build










So that gives a few more ideas of what can be done with these special blanks

Sandy

[Mike Barrio]

Olive Epic "no longer available" ......... Mr B is going to take this one fishing! It is such a stunning rod I couldn't resist it

Cheers
Mike

[joshua]

Here's the latest one built for a customer in Finland.
He wanted it to be sympathetic to his Nautilus reel (silver with red drag) and to be a bit more modern in appearance.
I hope he is happy with the effect, it was a bit tricky but turned out really nice. Almost Classic Glass, ironic given it is a modern style build, but perhaps thats the secret to a modern classic he has kindly allowed me to share some photo's of his build

So that gives a few more ideas of what can be done with these special blanks

Sandy

The customer is more than happy... Thanks Sandy for the awesome build!

[Rob Brownfield]

Cracking build that.     

Personnally, I hate transparent whippings as I cannot understand why anyone would want to see the state of the foot of the average wire guide, but I totally appreciate the skill involved in the build.

That red accent, is that 2/3 turn tucked and then super glued to allow removal of the tag ends?

As I said, really is a cracking build. 

[Sandy Nelson]

Cheers Rob

No superglue it would interfere with the clear finish and yes getting the feet to look nice is probably a bigger issue than the whipping, but i think its worth the effort. It was a fun build

Sandy