Hello
I recently had the honor of building a new Phillipson Master MF70 for one of our members.
The blank and components were all purchased from www.ricksrods.com as a kit .
This is the nicest kit I have worked with since the old Phillipson kit I built my Fathers 7'6" 5 Weight Phillipson Bamboo rod from back in the 70's.
The quality of the blank and hardware were fantastic and a pleasure to work with.
The only things in the kit that were not original were the rod bag and the Cork grip.
I was really glad to see new cork let me tell you.
But that's another story.
The kit came complete with everything except the white thread I used instead of the white paint that was used on the original rods and the thread finishes.
The thread is Black and Green Jaspers size " C " nylon as per original specks.
Ricks also supplied a copy of a great original factory rod build speck sheet dated 3/21/74 with the guide spacing and a separate build sheet with all the Phillipson guide sizes and number of guides for 9 of the Master Series Rods.
The wrap lengths and thread counts were provided by our very own Administrator Tom.
Tom took photo's of all the wraps on one of his masters with a Tool makers rule for the sizes.
Thanks again Tom.
I finished the thread with 3 coats of color preserver and 2 thin coats of Diamondite www.swiftymfg.com
The rod was an absolute pleasure to build and I just wish all the old stock materials I have worked with were of equal quality!
I did however have one problem with the thread and I must say it was more than likely of my own doing.
I had originally planned to do a low build traditional Varnish finish on the thread work.
After the color preserver had dried I applied a thinned coat of Varnish.
Everything looked great.
I went to bed with a big smile feeling really great about the finish.
I let it dry over night and when I woke in the morning I had lots of fuzzies.
I also had some voids in the wraps that weren't present the night before.
It seemed the thread twists had slightly un twisted.
Not on all just a few wraps.
So I re wrapped the effected wraps and refinished the replacement wraps with the preserver and then opted for the Diamondite Rod Finish.
The thread problem may have been from passing through my tensioner .
It may have been the varnish I used but when I rewrapped them and just used the Diamondite and passed the thread through a book for tension I had no problems.
All and all the wraps came out to the customers satisfaction.
I am mentioning this as a heads up in the event any of you decide to build one.
Here are some snap shots of the build.
This was a fun build and I would highly recommend that any one that wants a truly Mint Phillipson consider building one.
Tight Lines and New Phillipson Loops
Andy M
" Fish and Visitors Stink After Three Days "
I recently had the honor of building a new Phillipson Master MF70 for one of our members.
The blank and components were all purchased from www.ricksrods.com as a kit .
This is the nicest kit I have worked with since the old Phillipson kit I built my Fathers 7'6" 5 Weight Phillipson Bamboo rod from back in the 70's.
The quality of the blank and hardware were fantastic and a pleasure to work with.
The only things in the kit that were not original were the rod bag and the Cork grip.
I was really glad to see new cork let me tell you.
But that's another story.
The kit came complete with everything except the white thread I used instead of the white paint that was used on the original rods and the thread finishes.
The thread is Black and Green Jaspers size " C " nylon as per original specks.
Ricks also supplied a copy of a great original factory rod build speck sheet dated 3/21/74 with the guide spacing and a separate build sheet with all the Phillipson guide sizes and number of guides for 9 of the Master Series Rods.
The wrap lengths and thread counts were provided by our very own Administrator Tom.
Tom took photo's of all the wraps on one of his masters with a Tool makers rule for the sizes.
Thanks again Tom.
I finished the thread with 3 coats of color preserver and 2 thin coats of Diamondite www.swiftymfg.com
The rod was an absolute pleasure to build and I just wish all the old stock materials I have worked with were of equal quality!
I did however have one problem with the thread and I must say it was more than likely of my own doing.
I had originally planned to do a low build traditional Varnish finish on the thread work.
After the color preserver had dried I applied a thinned coat of Varnish.
Everything looked great.
I went to bed with a big smile feeling really great about the finish.
I let it dry over night and when I woke in the morning I had lots of fuzzies.
I also had some voids in the wraps that weren't present the night before.
It seemed the thread twists had slightly un twisted.
Not on all just a few wraps.
So I re wrapped the effected wraps and refinished the replacement wraps with the preserver and then opted for the Diamondite Rod Finish.
The thread problem may have been from passing through my tensioner .
It may have been the varnish I used but when I rewrapped them and just used the Diamondite and passed the thread through a book for tension I had no problems.
All and all the wraps came out to the customers satisfaction.
I am mentioning this as a heads up in the event any of you decide to build one.
Here are some snap shots of the build.
This was a fun build and I would highly recommend that any one that wants a truly Mint Phillipson consider building one.
Tight Lines and New Phillipson Loops
Andy M
" Fish and Visitors Stink After Three Days "
