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an extra thick edge to top of female ferrule) of this kind 

 will cost five cents more each. Serrated and welted German 

 silver ferrules, which are the finest thing you can get, will 

 cost about thirty and forty cents, respectively. 



I advise the use of German silver ferrules. They are 

 harder and stronger than nickel-plated brass, and always 

 look nice, while nickel plate will wear off in a few years and 

 show the brass underneath. The welted ferrules are both 

 handsomer and better than the plain ones, as the welt pro- 

 tects the edge from dents, and welted ferrules are the ear- 

 marks of a fine rod. Serrated ferrules have six long points 

 on the end of each, and these points when covered with a 

 wrapping, add greatly to the strength of the rod as the long 

 points act as springs and keep the wood from being bent 

 across a sharp edge, as it must when plain base ferrules are 

 used. These are especially good for split bamboo rods, one 

 of the long points fitting over each strip of bamboo, and they 

 are easily fitted to the six-sided strip, something that is 

 difficult with plain ferrules. What kind of ferrules you should 

 buy for this rod I leave for you to decide, but I advise the 

 best welted and serrated German silver ferrules. You will 

 never regret the additional expense. 



In addition to the wood and ferrules you will need for 

 this rod you will want a 3'/4 inch butt cap of a material to 

 correspond with the ferrules. If the latter are nickel-plated 

 you will want a nickel-plated butt cap, costing about six 

 cents, and if German silver ferrules are used, or even with 

 nickel ones, you can use a German silver butt cap, costing 

 twelve or fifteen cents. You must also have a set of reel 

 bands to match the other mountings; these must be of 7/8 

 inch size and in nickel plate will cost about ten cents ; in 

 German silver they will cost twenty-five cents. 



In case you don't like to use reel bands you can fit a 

 solid metal reel seat here. It will cost about twenty-five 

 cents in nickel plate and sixty cents in German silver. A 



