Help w/ identifying rod

[JDJ]

This rod belonged to my wife's grandpa. There is nothing to identify the maker. I wondered whether the color of the wraps or some other characteristic might indicate the rod builder. Thanks for your thoughts.

[steeliefool]

The style and condition of the reel seat says Horton Bristol supervised by Gene Edwards to me. The seats had a tendency to explode for some reason. I've two Edwards Bristols with exploded reelseats.
A good pic of the winding check would be helpful.

[JDJ]

Thanks @steeliefool. Does this help? Can the reel seat be replace with what remains?

[steeliefool]

Yup, that's the check. As to repair, I suspose you could epoxy a properly sized wooded dowl into the rod butt portion of the seat and then install the bottom portion of the seat over that.
Won't be pretty but should work.
Good luck with it.

[BigTJ]

Wooden dowel extension and replacement seat is your best bet.