hola amigos, if you are fan of Deadpool movies you might recognize where the tittle came from, if not, well thats how deadpool tried to say his name in spanish in the 1st movie (not a correct translation by the way but sound so funny when you heard it the 1st time), anyway, this is my lastest rod, a CALSTAR GF760H (graphiter) 80-130 a big gun for the big boys, since its for my personal use this time I tried some new techniques (for me) that I have seen on the rods made by the professionals, like some Olive branch wrap and photo wrap (all around the blank), for being the 1st time on both techiques I think it looks pretty good, if you look closely you can find some small mistakes (specially on the backside) I could have made better but, ooh well, sometimes you only see them while looking a close up pic on your screen, I might get a maginifying lens for this kind of wraps, tho.
I made the rod with some accesories I have on hand, a real Mako tooth epoxied on the ramp, the 1st guide is a fuji HB 25 SiN and the rest are ALPS XHN size 10 on acid wrap or spiral wrap, shrink wrap grips are a HD version a good friend sent me few months ago, I made some molding on the hypalon grips and put the shrink grips on it, Pacbay channel lock reelseat and PacBay Sic tiptop.
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Amazing Alex!!!
Alex, you are really getting wild with your creations. Love it! Rudy
Mas que bueuno Alex, Looks great!
Nice work as always .................. and creative !! I hope you are getting out and trying some of those beauties !!
Cheers:
Todd
Excellent work the colors flow well ,has good eye appeal .
Nice work Alex You have reached terrific work. Dominick
A lot of nice detail work there, well done! The olive branch looks great and I love spiral wraps.
Beautiful work !
Yeah dude, you're off on a whole other level.
-steve
Ay Alex, words fail me, brilliant, thanks for showing us, cheers Don
Alex,
Every time I look at the pictures I notice something else.
You have become such a good rod builder, very inspirational my friend
Nick
Top shelf work! 8)
I love the olive branches. Well done as always.
The Man
Thanks guys, I really appreciate your words, this rod was indeed fun to build, it took me a tons of hours of work because I had to re-do the olive branchs 3-4 times each one ::) ::) :o, well maybe the last 3 I did them correctly the 1st time but it was something I wanted to try and "somehow" I had too much time in my hands last quarantine days.
Quote from: Hardy Boy on August 14, 2020, 04:27:52 PM
.. I hope you are getting out and trying some of those beauties !!
Cheers:
Todd
few years ago, I was fishing every month or every two months off-shore and found rodbuilding like something really hard to do and it was outta my plans and now I find rodbuilding like something fun to do but Covid changed my plans for 2020 and the local season is about to end, so, hopefully this next season I can fish more with my new toys.
I have almost all accesories for my next rod for my arsenal, another rainshadow blank (because the cost), a swimbait blank 7'10" 10-20 to use it for the Sierras (spanish macks) and corvinas and my new abu toro beast 60, this will take the place of the okuma stalker inshore 8ft rod.
😲 wow, Alex, you are in another class. Way too beautiful to get blood and sweat on!
Maybe you're fishing days are over when the orders start piling up?🙀
Keep up the good work and thanks for sharing your pictures. 🐟
Quote from: gstours on August 21, 2020, 04:48:44 PM
😲 wow, Alex, you are in another class. Way too beautiful to get blood and sweat on!
thanks Gary, thats why I made it in Red color, so, no problem with the blood on the rod !! ;D ;D
Quote from: gstours on August 21, 2020, 04:48:44 PM
Maybe you're fishing days are over when the orders start piling up?🙀
my fishing days were over when my oldest daugther started going to the university out from home LOL and I have another girl going in two more years. :o :o
;D ;D
Alex, freaking fantastic work ! Your Olive Branch for the first time shows your effort. The Olive Branch doesnt just happen. As simple as the process is most like us must practice it a bit along with a willingness to redo as we go before getting any level of proficiency with it. Really good work you have done here Alex... Jeff
Compadre, I first saw the olive branch at Jon Vadney's when Alan took me over there. I knew right then that's above my paygrade. You are doing some seriously nice work.
Beautiful, Alex! Your creations and craftsmanship take a back seat to no one! 8)
:)
(I copy that comment to Lee).
thanks guys, I did those thin trims and JTOB cuz it to practice on an acual rod and just because it was my personal rod, pretty sure a picky or OCD guy would have notice some mistakes, bad details, etc so, I dont know if I will ever made those on a customer rod LOL, so far Im a happy camper.
now I understand why I heard some seasoned Rodsmither guys say that the power wrapping machine "spend" more time with the Belt uninstalled and wrapping by hand doing olive branch, color changes, trims, etc than actually using the speed of the power wrapper offer.
at least turning by hand the blank on the power wrapper is smother than on my wooden box ::) ::)