98 AMATEUR RODMAKING 



A separate single handgrasp can be made as 

 follows: Fit the ferrule (Fig. 17) on a piece 

 of light but springy wood like spruce, dagama, 

 or greenheart. This must be rounded nicely 

 and the ferrule seated on it just so that the 



Fig. 35- Ferrule Riveted on Wood Core of Hand- 

 grasp, Pine Sleeve Ready to Be Glued On, and Reelseat 

 and Corks for Grasp. 



center will not touch the wood. Cement and 

 rivet the ferrule on to the core, fit a pine 

 sleeve over the wood and the ferrule, with 

 forward end of sleeve tapered to fit a reel- 

 seat like that shown in Fig. 16. Now try the 

 reel-seat, and when it fits snugly, with its lower 

 end extending a quarter-inch below the pine 

 sleeve, glue the sleeve on the wood and the 

 reel-seat on it, and rivet or screw the reel- 

 seat in place. 



Slide a perforated cork forward over the 

 wood and work the end of the reel-seat into 

 it until it butts against the end of the sleeve. 



