07-06-2021, 08:46 PM
IF you want to "tackle" the rod on your own, PM me and I can talk you through it. It could take months, depending on shipment times, how much you want to do, and how bad any warping is. Even warping can be fixed, if it is not too bad, but..........
You have all of the info you need to make a determination on this. PS, I was young and dumb and if I had sold my bamboo garage sale find to a collector, without "restoring it", it was $25K at the time. It was a super rare Heddon made with his signature. I assumed that it was nothing, didn't Heddon only make bass lures - nope. I did not know this and I was sick for days and days and months and months. The restored rod now sits on my Son's Office wall (such a waste of a fishing rod).
You have all of the info you need to make a determination on this. PS, I was young and dumb and if I had sold my bamboo garage sale find to a collector, without "restoring it", it was $25K at the time. It was a super rare Heddon made with his signature. I assumed that it was nothing, didn't Heddon only make bass lures - nope. I did not know this and I was sick for days and days and months and months. The restored rod now sits on my Son's Office wall (such a waste of a fishing rod).