Re 19th century tapers Dame, Stoddard, and Kendall rod - Paul Franklyn

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2. This 3 piece rod, with spiked ferrules covered in nickel silver, =
might be dated to the 1880s if the reel seat is original. It was =
trademarked and stamped "D. S. & K." (Dame, Stoddard, and Kendall), with =
"Hub" as the model.  The reel seat is 5.125 " long, solid nickel silver, =
with sliding band, either up or down locking. The black celluloid grip, =
6" long, is wrapped like rattan. A.J. Campbell (p. 70) pictures a seat =
and grip identical to this rod and speculates that it was made by B.F. =
Nichols, but Tom Kerr is not convinced and suggests that the beautiful =
reel seat was made by Pritchard. In any case this rod does not have a =
swelled butt. Before you tell me that this thread belongs on the classic =
rod forum, here is the taper, with the caveat that this rod's action is =
whippy when assembled (without a line on it, which is too risky) which =
could be the taper (though I also wonder if 120 year old cane can lose =
stiffness too over time):

0 .81
5 .089
10 .104
15 .108
20 .118
25 .132
30 .145
35 .170
40 .181 male ferrule slide .189
45 .195
50 .199
55 .205
60 .215
65 .232
70 .254
75 .275 male ferrule slide .296
80 .275
85 .294
90 .301
95 313
100 .340
105 .368
110 grip
115 grip/seat
120 seat

It is not clear on the original floppy ring locations. I stripped off =
very old snake guides, product of an earlier upgrade, and replaced with =
floppy rings. Intermediates every 2 inches in dark red. Cloth covered =
wooden form and tip tube with 2 tips (one tip is 3" short).


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  Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 11:02 AM
  Subject: [RODMAKERS] 19th century tapers


  It's been 99 degrees and too hot in the workshop, too hot for fishing, =
so I am restoring 3 rods inside the house. Rods were probably made in =
the 1880s and 1890s. One is a Dame, Stoddard, and Kendall "Hub" model =
from the 1880s, one is a lancewood rod unmarked but Chubb hardware, and =
one is an unmarked bamboo rod with Chubb hardware. All "trade" rods, =
with ring and strap guides.

  I am taking measurements of the tapers on these rods.  I hesitate to =
post them at the list, since I have not noticed posts on rods this =
ancient, and I have not seen this kind of taper in Hexrod online or the =
taper databases.  I ran the D.S. and K. HUB rod through the Hexrod =
online to see the graphs.

  I can't imagine fishing these tapers, but I will post if there is any =
educational interest in prehistoric tapers.

  Paul Franklyn


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