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 Duff |
Beautiful reel seats |
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Master Guide
Posts: 531 (05/19/09 19:20:04) |
I love beautiful reel seats. I have to admit that I've bought rods just because of the reel seat. Anybody want to share photos of your prettiest one(s)?
Here's mine: (It's blued nickel silver with Jerusalem olive wood that the first owner brought back from the Holy Land.)
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Posts: 3404 (05/20/09 10:01:50)
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Duff...beautiful reel seat.
I think the amboyna that Mike McFarland does is quite nice... 
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Guide
Posts: 86 (05/20/09 15:33:00) |
Well those are very nice! Love the way wood grain can seem to go in different directions at the same time as in the Olivewood. Couldn't locate my fly rod
pictures but here are a couple of conventional rods and a fly rod grips. Pretty wood is pretty wood, right?
Pictures don't do the Black walnut justice! 
Some nice redwood burl! 
Can't remember the name of this burl but it turned out a really nice lite caramel color. Mike |
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Master Guide
Posts: 260 (05/20/09 17:46:41) |
That bottom burl looks like box elder
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Master Guide
Posts: 470 (05/20/09 17:47:23) |
Cork with split rings. Simple. Beautiful. [Orvis Golden Eagle shown.]
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Sport
Posts: 87 (05/20/09 17:58:01) |
McFarland seat from my 8'3" 5 wt. - corrugata burl, and a cherry burl seat turned by Mike Shay on my new Shay 8' 4 wt. bamboo rod.
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Master Guide
Posts: 485 (05/20/09 19:13:00) |
I spend more time than is healthy thinking about reel seats. Top two are Amboyna. Bottom is English Walnut
similar to but a bit different from the American Black Walnut. (needs another coat of varnish). All turned by me.
 
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Guide
Posts: 78 (05/20/09 20:05:49) |
Roadking, where did you get that reel seat? Is that all nickel/silver?
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Guide
Posts: 87 (05/20/09 21:58:54) |
Man, that is some nice wood! You're right Boarmountain, it is box elder, I was having a little senior moment there.
That reelseat is one of a couple I picked up a few years ago. Discontinued REC seat. Wish I could get more. Mike |
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Sport
Posts: 88 (05/21/09 05:55:33) |
Gypsy, that double ring Amboyna seat is very nice. -Steve
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Sport
Posts: 27 (05/21/09 06:25:52) |
Oh please stop!!!!! These reel seat pics are killing me. Beautiful wood on seats is my favorite part of a rod, stripping Agates are a close second.. The
seats you guys are showing are like showing a junkie their fix and not letting them get hold of it. So unfair and yet, I can't look away.
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Sport
Posts: 15 (05/21/09 11:25:34) |
A little Scrimshaw art by Van Zandts
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Duff |
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Master Guide
Posts: 533 (05/21/09 14:55:47) |
Gorgeous reel seats, guys! Here's two more I like: (Both Scotts - one plain and one fancy.)
 
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Master Guide
Posts: 536 (05/21/09 20:08:20) |
Awesome.....I love figured wood on fly rods......
Amboyna with sapwood and a Struble seat....it's on my Lami 7'6 4wt now. 
....and some buckeye burl that I need to turn for my Lemke seat. 
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Sport
Posts: 80 (05/23/09 11:00:04) |
Here is the seat I made for my Lami 6.5 3#. I have several pieces of this wood and just tried photographing this rod again 
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Posts: 91 (05/23/09 22:56:46) |
J. Marcus reelseat, w/ inlays, on a Lamiglas rod built out by Dan Homel:
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Posts: 232 (05/24/09 13:46:26) Adminstrator
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They aren't the fanciest by any stretch, but I really like the looks of the Hardy's JET era reel seats....
Something to consider: Be willing to share photos, information and the knowledge you have about your collection with anyone that has an interest in learning...........also share your knowledge to answer questions that others may have about items in their collections.........doing this will make you feel good and benefits this community ..................after all, what good is having knowledge that isn't shared. MEB |
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Master Guide
Posts: 472 (05/24/09 20:39:38) |
Turtledoc - I agree with you on the Hardy JET reel seats; the overall aesthetic is just right.
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Master Guide
Posts: 538 (05/25/09 07:47:38) |
Here are a few more I had on file: (top to bottom: Orvis, Winston, Lyons, Claudio and Shakespeare.)
   
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Sport
Posts: 5 (06/02/09 07:25:54) |
Harry Boyd did this one on a bamboo rod for me.
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Lotech Joe |
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Posts: 124 (06/03/09 20:51:21) |
I have to admit that I'm a sucker for a good looking reel seat too. It's especially important to me the way they marry up to the grip. Here is my
favorite.
The grip is a shortened Fenwick style.
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Fish With A Friend Lotech Joe http://lotechslodge.blogspot.com/ |
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