Need some bamboo builder/restorer input

Russell

Russell

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I have a w&M granger 8642 that has a ferrule that is loose. Can click it up and down by hand. The rod is worth having it done with the right thread wraps as a restoration but I am not interested in paying for all the shipping but maybe it is just worth doing.
Any input is appreciated. The section seems to still want to hold on to this ferrule. Read that it may be crimped. Suggestions to get it off the rod, epoxy, and such would be good to know. If it is hard to get off I am assuming it is hard to get back on.. Do I need to widen the ferrule?
Even after typing this I am feeling like my best bet is to send it to someone. Any suggestions?
Still though I feel I can do this and let someone else get the thread right later if they want.

Russell
 
Hi Russell, can you post a close up picture of the ferrule? Check to see if there’s a small metal pin holding it on. If it moves up and down much, maybe not pinned. To remove the ferrule, use a lighter and slowly add carefully heat and pull straight. Don’t twist. Also mark the ferrule and rod to reinstall it in the same place. I use five minute epoxy or clear Gorilla glue.
Too bad you live so far, I’d be glad to help!
 
Without taking pictures all around the ferrule, you don’t see a small round metal pin, correct? The trim wrap is only on the blank, right? When you move the ferrule, can you see it separate from the wrap? Try heating it a bit and see if it moves more…..be careful not to put much heat on the wrap.
 
The 8642 is a really nice taper and rod, a great 5wt. I have several of them and have fished them a lot.
It’s worth fixing it right and getting it back out on the water. I don’t know what happened to Chris Raine, but he was a bamboo rod maker that could possibly have done the repair. I thought of him because he used to have his shop nearish you in Dunsmuir, but I think it’s closed up now.
Dennis Stone up near Portland can do it for you. Shipping it really is not a big deal but package it well if you do.
Granger ferrules are not pinned. The dimples that look like they might be pins on the male and female ferrules are called “witness” marks. They are meant to allow you to align the rod properly while assembling it.

What grade is marked on the rod? They made a bunch… Victory, Champion Deluxe etc.
 
Greg Armstrong said:
The 8642 is a really nice taper and rod, a great 5wt. I have several of them and have fished them a lot.
It’s worth fixing it right and getting it back out on the water. I don’t know what happened to Chris Raine, but he was a bamboo rod maker that could possibly have done the repair. I thought of him because he used to have his shop nearish you in Dunsmuir, but I think it’s closed up now.
Dennis Stone up near Portland can do it for you. Shipping it really is not a big deal but package it well if you do.
Granger ferrules are not pinned. The dimples that look like they might be pins on the male and female ferrules are called “witness” marks. They are meant to allow you to align the rod properly while assembling it.

What grade is marked on the rod? They made a bunch… Victory, Champion Deluxe etc.
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It is a deluxe and is in fantastic condition. The fix for the rod is to re glue the ferrule and this can be done to restore original rod or just to fix the problem and later to be restored with the proper matching thread. I'm just looking to fish it.
 
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