Mahi mahi themed fishing rod

[steelfish]

well, I know there are many custom painted mahi mahi themed rods out there, but this is by version, painted with regular paint spray cans, this is my 1st time trying the mix-blend two tones all the length of the blank, in my normal 5 senses I wouldn't have tried that but since the customer said doit and I will pay even if resulted in a mess well then I did it without much pressure and that resulted on a pretty decent job, the middle line where the two colors blend is not as straight as in the "others" rods you see by other guys but hey!! check the real thing! that Dorado fish didnt have a perfect straigh line either haha, I used that sentence a lot of time to stop the OCD on me on the paint job



good thing is the owner just saw the rod and was pretty exited and happy with it, so its another hit, but If I have to do another one like this I will have to charge more LOL

check it out guys and give me your opinions.

PS: I already said it in another thread, before trying this paint job on the blank of the customer I used my blem rainshadow no-branded special priced blank to test my skills with the mahi mahi paint job, but since I liked it a lot on that blank and the weather was excellent to paint out side I ran for the blank of the customer and painted it at the same time, so now I have another blank already mahi-mahi painted waiting for "when I have free time" to build it as a swimbait rod for light inshore use.

[steelfish]

few more

[Midway Tommy]

Oh my!   That's jaw dropping beautiful, Alex! 

[pjstevko]

He!! ya that looks great!

[oc1]

I have to admit, I was skeptical at first Alex.  But, it turned out great.  You're an artist.

[thorhammer]

Compadre, you seem to keep finding ways to take it up a notch or six. Fantastic! That one deserves a matches margarita to celebrate it. I'll do the honors; I have a bottle of Hornitos in the freezer for just such an event!

[Donnyboat]

Looks Great Alex, thanks for showing us, cheers Don.

[steelfish]

That one deserves a matches margarita to celebrate it. I'll do the honors; I have a bottle of Hornitos in the freezer for just such an event!

yay you have a PM with my address!

thanks in advance

[steelfish]

I have to admit, I was skeptical at first Alex.  But, it turned out great. 

that was a very kind way to give a compliment 




why?  to be honest, I was also skeptical on doing a good paint job but the owner loved it, so, Im happy with that.

[Brewcrafter]

That is one heck of great looking rod!  And fits the Mahi theme perfectly! - john

[conchydong]

Alex, it is time to quit your day job and become a "full time" professional cutom rod builder. Outstanding work.

Scott

[oldmanjoe]

 There are no straight  lines in nature .   Only straight line is between walls and ceilings ....
   Good color theme / combinations  with the thread bands , you have a gifted eye well done 

[Bryan Young]

Wow, very nice Alex!!!

[Swami805]

That came out great Alex, sure looks like a darado!

[thorhammer]

Alex, spectacular graphics aside, your threadwork and finish just gets cleaner and cleaner, very nice!