Photographs of Shuksan Rods
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Brazilian agate stripping guides on every rod, handmade by Mike McCoy, individually selected from raw nuggets to compliment the colors of the cane, wraps and reelseat.
sighting a raw culm of tonkin bamboo
hand planing is the heart and soul of the rod, 18 strips in all, all by hand.
sanding down the cork grip
cross sectionals of rod blank at tip (on the left of the dime), butt, and mid; six equalateral triangle strips run the entire length, at the tip each strip hand planed to nearly 30/1000th’s of an inch.
rod blanks; six strips are glued together then bound and clamped in twine to cure to form a rod section. at their tip, rod blanks are hand planed to nearly 5/100ths in diameter.
endless engraving options available
spalted maple reelseat with blued hardware
Gossamer clarlet silk, tipped with gold wraps; and the ‘signature wrap,’ two parallel thin wraps
signature tip top wraps; silk colors are reversed
river rocks
…a good friend.
the guides can to ‘blued’, using a gunsmithing technique, to bring out a deep blue, almost black hue, on the nickle silver
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brass cap on the rod tube, engraved; monogramed
a mixed aesthetic; espresso, coffee and honey tones highlight the cane
‘Shuksan Rod Co.’ inscription
flamed treated; an even honey tone rod, java silk wraps with black tipping, and bronze guides
rod in a traditional aluminum rod tube, brass caps engraved with “Shuksan Rod Co.”
monogrammed butt cap, with the owner’s initials
wrapping bench; Pearsall’s Gossamer silk is used to tie and hold guides onto the rod
raw culms of tonkin cane (below), and above hand split strips of cane after the culm has been flame treated
