I want to get a nice plank of wood and use my router and some varnish to turn it into a nice plaque-type display for a 100yr old rod and reel combo. I wanna hang it on the wall at my office, my wife has already shut down the idea of mounting at home.
How would you guys go about mounting a rod to a display like that? Ideally without irreversibly damaging the rod by driving a screw through it or something.
I was thinking curtain rod mounting hardware. What am I missing?
Jason - Since it already appears you are comfortable with wood working, why not make some hooks/cradles out of the same wood as the plank that the rod/reel can rest/hang in? All of my stuff in the garage hangs in bicycle hooks, but tthat is more utilitarian and certainly not elegant for a display - but maybe same principle? - john
I'd consider hanging it on some large fish hooks.
I would hang it in my home and let my wife get over it. :d
The basic idea ,or use the others instead of fish head/body . Two reels or hand winders .
Quote from: MACflyer on August 13, 2025, 09:17:55 PMI'd consider hanging it on some large fish hooks.
I like this idea. Old Pflueger or Mustad hooks
cool I like the idea of the big hooks, a big shark hooks will do the trick and it will lock Ad-hoc
At a dentist office in a little town in Illinois where I use to take my wife there .There is 2 simple wooden hooks hang a old casting rod and on top of that have a glass case with some old plugs .I think it looks very cool
I think I'm gonna build some brackets for the horrocks & ibbotson rod out of wood. I bought a James e Clark squid lure and I already have a minty cozzone reel from Keith. I bought a spool of cuttyhunk line, and got some gut leader. The rod and reel are 1920s the lure is 30s but of a style used for a while before that, the line is 30s. I need to learn what type of "braid" to leader knots people used back then. Trying to (within reason) get it right.
I bought a red oak plank, and I'm gonna torch it and sand it before I take the router to the edges.
Now I just need to refurb the rod.
Copper pipe saddles. Bonus points if you can get some patina on them.