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General Forum => NJ Saltwater Fisherman Customs => Topic started by: Treebeard on December 02, 2011, 03:07:22 PM
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So, as you may know from my previous posts, I've been playing with skin inlays a lot lately...I've had this blank sitting here, so to burn off some excess energy waiting to get out Toggin with the boyz, I spun this up this past week..Plus , I picked up a real nice piece of skin on ebay recently, and been dying to use it.. unlike the dry, raw skins I usually get, this had some kinda finish on it..I think it may have been prepped for taxidermy or something.. so the color and markings really stood out. whatever it had been treated with made it supple and slightly elastic, so it was real easy to work with.. I was a bit concerned that whatever it was treated with would react negatively with the rod finish.. but it came thru without a hitch..
Blank = Seeker Hercules 7'2' inshore lite
Grips turned using Mudhole's 2-color burnt/burl cork rings
Amtak Virtus Lite guides (Spiral wrapped)
Fuji #18 trigger seat
(http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa267/Treebeard63/72l004.jpg)
(http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa267/Treebeard63/008.jpg)
(http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa267/Treebeard63/010.jpg)
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w0w Very sharp Mark! t^
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That's freakin sweet! clp
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Nice Mark. Can't wait to see it in action. t^
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Nice Mark. Are we going to get a look at her this Sunday?
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Very sweet Mark can't wait to see it up close t^
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Very nice Mark t^
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Wow Mark that looks great. Almost too nice to fish.
Good Luck and Many fish. t^
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Very nice work, can't wait to see it Sunday.
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Wow. Thanks man. you didn't have to.. I really needed a custom Tog Rod Combo t^ ;D
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Sweet Mark....You gota tell me how you get that on there...very cool t^
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Looks great! Good luck with it.
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That rod iS SWEEEEET t^ great work
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Thanks for the kind words fellas! grtn Can't wait to christen it with some Tog slime tomorrow TT^ Lol Rod..sorry but I kinda grew partial to this one in our short time together.. But I do have enough of this skin left to make one more.. How about I make one to donate for the dinner in april? Maybe you can win it ! TT^
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Thanks for the kind words fellas! grtn Can't wait to christen it with some Tog slime tomorrow TT^ Lol Rod..sorry but I kinda grew partial to this one in our short time together.. But I do have enough of this skin left to make one more.. How about I make one to donate for the dinner in april? Maybe you can win it ! TT^
That would be a cool donation for a door prize Mark. Plus it would give me a new bucket to put my loosing tickets in at the dinner, as we all know Rod's family wins everything. :P ;D