JDM Expride B 6'10 Casting

[Mang]

2 piece rod pretty cool. We didn't read the description good enough and order the 2 piece. Lol

[StymoDe]

all JDM new Expride come with 2 pieces, grip connection or center cut
and they don't have hook keeper. to me no hook keeper is better than hook keeper in the wrong place

[rando]

I don’t get the grip connection. Disconnected only makes the rod marginally shorter.
I think the real reason is manufacturing. Probably saves some money to manufacture separately.

I like 1 piece rods.

[rando]

Also I was under the impression that monocoque handle is supposed to be part of the blank?

[Drakestar]

All Exprides, PAs and PGs have been two-piece as far as I've been able to tell. On one-piece rods the blank is just glued in instead of it being removable. I read an old Expride review that mentioned where you can see the blank connect with the handle. I got a Poison Glorious recently that was similarly divided as the Expride B shown above.

The official Shimano explanation at https://fish.shimano.com.sg/content/fis ... ogies.html

Carbon-Monocoque
High sensitivity from a hollow rod butt made using a mould. A rod's rear grip has an important role to play in transferring subtle information coming from beneath the water surface.
Carbon Monocoque grip is a hollow structure that is both light and sensitive, transferring even the smallest vibration to your hand.

That might not apply to every rod series, of course. It's just an informed guess on my part.

[Jbc88]

All Exprides, PAs and PGs have been two-piece as far as I've been able to tell. On one-piece rods the blank is just glued in instead of it being removable. I read an old Expride review that mentioned where you can see the blank connect with the handle. I got a Poison Glorious recently that was similarly divided as the Expride B shown above.

The official Shimano explanation at https://fish.shimano.com.sg/content/fis ... ogies.html

Carbon-Monocoque
High sensitivity from a hollow rod butt made using a mould. A rod's rear grip has an important role to play in transferring subtle information coming from beneath the water surface.
Carbon Monocoque grip is a hollow structure that is both light and sensitive, transferring even the smallest vibration to your hand.

That might not apply to every rod series, of course. It's just an informed guess on my part.

My 6'6 medium poison glorius is 1 piece

[reason162]

On one-piece rods the blank is just glued in instead of it being removable.

Is that confirmed? If so I'll just order my exprides from Japan instead of waiting for Shimano USA to get fully stocked.

[Drakestar]

All Exprides, PAs and PGs have been two-piece as far as I've been able to tell. On one-piece rods the blank is just glued in instead of it being removable. I read an old Expride review that mentioned where you can see the blank connect with the handle. I got a Poison Glorious recently that was similarly divided as the Expride B shown above.

The official Shimano explanation at https://fish.shimano.com.sg/content/fis ... ogies.html

Carbon-Monocoque
High sensitivity from a hollow rod butt made using a mould. A rod's rear grip has an important role to play in transferring subtle information coming from beneath the water surface.
Carbon Monocoque grip is a hollow structure that is both light and sensitive, transferring even the smallest vibration to your hand.

That might not apply to every rod series, of course. It's just an informed guess on my part.

My 6'6 medium poison glorius is 1 piece

Is it a continuous blank, though? Or is the blank glued into the handle? I think that's the question we're trying to answer. I think there's reason to believe that the monocoques are molded separately and then connected to the blank.

[Mang]

@TackleTour dissect one for us and find out.

[fishonsc]

I would think the US version is the same but just glued into the handle. Has anyone confirmed this? I am about to order a couple from Japan. Do not want to wait until the fall and coukd save some money.

[goldrod]

I like 1 piece rods.

I used to be the same now I’m 5 rods in the 2 piece

[LowRange]

Also I was under the impression that monocoque handle is supposed to be part of the blank?

I highly doubt it. It's just the new thing.

[LowRange]

I would go even further and suggest that many rods that have "exposed blank" reel seats are in fact an insert between the blank and seat. On some other the "exposed blank" in the split grip section may be an insert or separate piece as well. I know on my gen 1 Zodias the blank between the grips on the handle is rather large. Much more so if it was just a continuation of the blank. Its like it is something slid over the blank.

[LowRange]

I'll triple down on this and say that the "carbon handle" on the Posion Adreanas is probably Ci4+ plastic and basically the same stuff the reel seat is made from. Maybe I am wrong and they are rolling the handles from carbon cloth then fitting them to the reel seat but it seems much more likely that they are plastic handle glued to the rod. Not a negative to me at all.