Anyone ever heard of this Post WW2 maker? I have seen a lot but not this one. Nice looking rod with interesting documentation.
Pacific Industrial Products
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Re: Pacific Industrial Products
#2I may be seeing things that aren't there, but the material doesn't strike me as bamboo - just some type of 'normal' wood...
Edit: I do see some indication of node work. But still...
Also, I think the graph is a fiction - first of all, the numbers do not really add up: the value for the 10' mark (actually 12' from the butt end) cannot be 31 inches plus fraction: check out the first image - the result of plotting those numbers.
If we disregard the value reported for the 10' mark, the rest of the numbers suggest a straight taper from 10 mm diameter at the butt to 3 mm at the tip - more a carp rod than a trout fly rod; see the deflection graph, for a 2 oz stress, for such a straight taper - if made out of bamboo.
Edit: I do see some indication of node work. But still...
Also, I think the graph is a fiction - first of all, the numbers do not really add up: the value for the 10' mark (actually 12' from the butt end) cannot be 31 inches plus fraction: check out the first image - the result of plotting those numbers.
If we disregard the value reported for the 10' mark, the rest of the numbers suggest a straight taper from 10 mm diameter at the butt to 3 mm at the tip - more a carp rod than a trout fly rod; see the deflection graph, for a 2 oz stress, for such a straight taper - if made out of bamboo.
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Re: Pacific Industrial Products
#3I think it is bamboo because nodes are visible. It is possible that some enamel has been left on between the nodes, a practice by some Japanese makers today who make rods from Watake (a special type of madake bamboo). The enamel can conceal the typical pattern of bamboo fibers.
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Re: Pacific Industrial Products
#4Is there a certainty that the paperwork relates to this rod? It looks like a worked-over old Monty or such. Also, it looks like an awful lot of material was taken off to fit the butt ferrule on.
Frankenrod?
Frankenrod?
Re: Pacific Industrial Products
#5According to the rod's owner it was given to his father, who worked in post WW2 war crimes trials in Japan, for appreciation for his work there. I don't have any reason to doubt him. The documentation has been with the rod since the 1950's.