I'm in the dog house now, I have been looking on the internet for the past couple of days for a place I can buy rattan. While I was having dinner my wife
past me the bread basket, you guess right it was made of rattan. After dinner my wife went down to my rod building room when she noticed her bread basket torn
apart. It wasn't in vain it made one hell of a grip. So if anyone out there knows where I can purchase rattan please let me know, because when I run out of
rattan I have a nice head board made of rattan . I have a picture of it in my album I call it a breadbasket grip
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striper ronnie |
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Posts: 4 01/27/2008 04:45 |
thanks for that information |
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hopkintoncane |
Source for Cane and Rattan | #3 | ||
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Posts: 92 01/27/2008 08:14 |
The Caning Shop in Davis Square, Somerville, Massachusetts has lots and lots of caning supplies in all sizes, colors, etc, my go to place when I re-cane a wood and canvas canoe seat, also good source of advise, Todd |
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Posts: 61 01/27/2008 10:35 |
Striper Ronnie, I would be looking for a new breadbasket too. As an aside, we have a small Bengal cat with champion lines whose fur would make nice Hare's
Ear nymphs. Every time before I tie nymphs, my wife hides the cat. I wonder why. Paul
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Posts: 5 01/27/2008 10:41 |
Hey PYochim
That's funny stuff. I bet there's a lot of rod builders / fly tiers that look at day to day objects and just wonder how it would look on a rod or fly. Anyone one that has a simular story write in this should get pretty funny |
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Last Edited By: nycflyangler 12/13/2008 07:08.
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Posts: 1 12/08/2008 22:31 |
Striper Ronnie,
The following, will take you to a fairly new site. http://rodbuilding_tutorials.webs.com/ Good information about a bunch of stuff. Has a tourial which I put together awhile back, as well as another, by Kevin which is very good. Golden Witch and Rockler Woodworking Supply both have the smaller width Rattan. Golden Witch sometimes has better looking strips. Have used a bunch from both, they all turn out just fine. Take a look when you get a chance. Haven't done the breadbasket, but close. Lance |
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Posts: 98 12/11/2008 21:48 |
thanks for the tutorials ... one more thing on the list to learn to do.
One question - why would you build a rattan grip over cork, that seems to defeat some of the benefits? |
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Light Cahill |
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Posts: 34 12/11/2008 22:18 |
I like the flaming effect, very nice
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Posts: 166 12/13/2008 11:24 |
I think that making a slightly smaller diameter cork grip of the desired shape is easy (and is a great way to use up poor quality cork) plus it follows the
flex of the rod. I would venture that the rattan is for appearance only. I found that out of over 120' of the finest quality rattan, from two respected rod
making sources, only about 20' was usable, meaning that it was consistant width, not split, no blemishes, nice domed profile etc. Gluing it down with water
resistant wood glue and epoxy at the ends, works fine. Then multiple coats (6 or 7) of spar varnish with a little burnt umber artists oil paint mixed in to
lightly tint it. Not too keen on flaming rattan myself due to its often blotchy appearance. Brown silk between the wraps of rattan finishes things off.
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Posts: 3800 12/13/2008 20:55 Moderator |
Odds;
It's a good thing you're in Canada... little old Jeff Hatton would be at your front door delivering you SUCH a lecture!!!! Jeff (and I'm amazed he hasn't commented already) is of the very firm opinion that a rattan grip over wood provides for MUCH greater feel in a rod. My sample of one tends to confirm that position. The cork tends to dampen feel rather than transmit the same. I was very surprised at the feel of my little 7ft rod from him until I started thinking about what he was doing... and it all made sense. For decoration only!!!! Shame!!! 
But it would be better to let him comment!!! Ralph |
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Posts: 168 12/13/2008 22:11 |
Sigh...Ah yes , the old wood under rattan debate.... we have been here before. Wood is rigid, cork flexes, I know which I prefer. OK. Cork is easy to shape and
fit, wood takes much longer I would guess, as I never intend to find out...The photo that I posted was of a dainty 3 wt. Why oh why spend the time trying to
fit a rigid wood handle only to cover it in rattan, cork is fine on all fly rods otherwise... and yes, rattan is only there to look a bit different, to look
nice. It cant work any better than cork...I have made and tried em both...as in many aspects of bamboo rodmaking...it's all a state of mind.
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Posts: 388 12/13/2008 22:51 |
Why did I know this would come up again in the Rattan Discussion? LMAO Oh, well, we all have our different preferences about how to do things. I'm a
hardwood base man (and no, they don't take any longer to turn to shape than cork... less time actually, in my experience), but this is one of those issues
like many other in the rodmaking world. There is almost ALWAYS more than one right way to do things. This one, the cork VS wood base under rattan, is one of
those. I prefer hardwood, some prefer softer woods (basswood, for example), some prefer cork. They all work right in the end, and all give the same basic
result.
Bob (yep, still on the painkillers, but getting better!) |
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Posts: 1 12/21/2008 05:40 |
troutfishn wrote: Thanks for sharing the URL to the Library Lance |
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