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Mark Sosebee


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First try at Abalone and it worked great. I will definitely use it again. I hope the user likes red because there is a lot of it on this rod. 

The blank is FTU-8MB783 with spiral wrapped Fuji 3.5 guides. The exposed part of the blank in the reel seat also got wrapped in a piece of Abalone. 

As par pictures are not the best and could not get a good picture of the small guides. 

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Pat Helton


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Looks great. I like red.
Pat

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Doug Williams


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very nice Mark



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Peter Barrett


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looks great! is that the stick on abolony??

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Terry Goode


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Mark what type of Abalone is that ( i have see several types, from the hard kind that has to be soften up to the decal kind)?
ps, nice rod

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Mark Sosebee


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The Abalone is the new veneer offered by Kevin Knox at Anglers Envy (www.anglersenvy.com/veneer-gallery). Easy to put on with no cracking. Below are the steps I used in putting it on the blank.

- Cut to fit the blank
- Boil for 10 minutes in water
- Slowly turn the blank while sticking the veneer down. Veneer comes with glue on the back.
- Wrap with thread to hold down. I left it this way overnight.
- Before applying the epoxy I cleaned up the edge where the veneer overlaps by removing any of the exposed glue. Also went over the edge with a Sharpie (Red to match the color). By doing this the edge is very hard to see.



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Peter Barrett


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looks great thatnks for the tips!!

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Bennie Beuhler


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thanks for the info, good looking rod.

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