HANDGRASP AND REELSEAT 187 



cannot well be used here it would tear the cork 



and the result is accomplished, after shaving to 

 approximate shape with a sharp thin knife- or razor- 

 blade, with sandpaper wrapped about a round stick 

 of about five-eighths inch in diameter. This is man- 

 ipulated with an oblique sliding and turning motion 



slide it away from you as you turn toward you. 

 Finish by twisting the grasp within a fold of fine 

 sandpaper held snugly in the left palm. 



The process employed is somewhat different for 



V. 



Fig. 8 Cedar grasp for bait-casting rod 



the bait-casting rod. Here the grasp is not remov- 

 able, and because of the increased strain on the 

 handle of this rod, the butt-joint should extend down 

 inside the grasp to within two inches at most of 

 the butt-cap, this part of the joint first being filed 

 down to a uniform size. In this rod the reelseat 

 is placed above the grasp. A pattern for the handle 

 of cedar is shown in Fig. 8, one piece of wood extend- 

 ing from A to I. G I represents a German-silver 

 reelseat, slid over and cemented to its cedar-core. 

 This reelseat has a simple but effective locking reel- 

 band (H) and it was obtained from James Heddon's 

 Sons, of Dowagiac, Mich., for one dollar. The 



