CHAMPAGNE Corker Ultralight

This is another fun project which I had in mind for a long long time and I just have to do it before this idea got buried by some other ideas.


I have been collecting some champagne corks for awhile and thanks to my air stewardess sis-in-law, I have a full bags of it in my workshop.


The champagne cork goes well with the burled wood insert reel seat that I managed to get my hands on a few weeks back.

No additional finishes was done to the champagne cork. I just bore the hole for it to be inserted to the blank.

Rattan wrapping to the exposed section of the split butt and also at the fore grip area.
 

By the way, the brand of this blank that I used for this project is Viper Fatale 601. It's a 6 footer ultralight 1-6lb.

 

I used ALPS zirconium ring spinning guides for the rod. Wrapping the guides with brown color non CP thread.
 

Spinning guides lined up to the smallest #4 guide.

 

Full view of the handle.

Overall view of the blank

 

and the rod is quite well balance too.