Photographs of Shuksan Rods « Shuksan Rod Co.

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.

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endless engraving options available

sighting a raw culm

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

signature wraps; also transparent guide wraps in the background; dark tones

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

my brother, for his graduation from medical school

richly flame treated, with blond highlights at the nodes

flame treated to impart deep espresso hues onto the rod, with black silk wraps

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.”

rodmaker’s signature on the sliding ring band

monogrammed butt cap, with the owner’s initials

wrapping bench; Pearsall’s Gossamer silk is used to tie and hold guides onto the rod

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 planed to nearly 30/1000 of an inch.