Walt Carpenter

 

BROWNTONE

My rod making experiences at both Payne and Leonard, and most importantly the desire to handcraft the finest split bamboo rods, have given birth to a standard of rod excellence that I'm now offering as the Carpenter "Browntone." These "classics" are made with the same enthusiasm and integrity as the creations of my predecessors in this the "Hudson Valley" or "Catskill" school of rod makers.  They indeed trace their lineage to the works of Fred Thomas, Eustis Edwards and Jim Payne.

The cane used to build your rod is from stock of butt cut "
Tonkin" and it's qualities are further enhanced by a special brown toning technique which is unique with the Carpenter "Browntone." The rich walnut toning, blending into golden colored nodes enables the rod to be called "The most beautiful of rods."

The hard tungsten wire guides are wrapped with a rich mahogany brown, finely tipped black to achieve the most striking coordination.  All nickel silver mountings are oxidized a deep black and are made of 18% alloy.  These "silver" mountings are made by me in my shop.

Each rod is finished with four coats of the finest tung-oil spar varnish for years of trouble free service.

The rod is supplied with a hand sewn partitioned bag, and a heavy walled aluminum case.

After 50 hours of dedicated, hand-work, the Carpenter "Browntone" is ready to go fishing.

With this in mind, you can feel complete confidence in choosing a Carpenter "Browntone" as your ideal.

                                                                                                   Walt E. Carpenter, Rod maker

All 2 and 3 piece rods $3750.00

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Contact ...

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Robert R. Selb
222 S. Broad Street
Lansdale, PA 19446

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