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africanbass · Post by **africanbass** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 8:48 pm

Love the use of the ray skin

Perfectly executed project!

USA-RET · Post by **USA-RET** » Sat Oct 01, 2011 6:29 am

Stunning. Innovative design (as always) and the handle material is more than unique...."beautiful"

I really like the similar themes you carry through with all your customs. The "Far East" flower patterns are really gorgeous. Dave's "Waves of Wisteria" rod line

When I first saw it I thought how nice an Ito-M would look on a rod of similar design.

Works of "art" that display equal parts of form and function.

Well Done

DougL58 · Post by **DougL58** » Sat Oct 01, 2011 7:21 am

Love the white on the ray skin. Very exotic. All the components come together perfectly. Very feng shui. First fish on that combo will be honored!

Post by **Tokugawa** » Sat Oct 01, 2011 5:42 pm

Weather here is nasty, windy, cold and rainy...huge cold front. Lake Erie is closed with 9-12 foot waves.

I fished for a couple hours from shore today at a small, inland lake. I managed to get a couple fish...nothing huge. That blank is crazy good for open water, long casts with finesse baits. Every tick and rock was transmitted. Compared to the 6'10" x-fast HM MHX, it loads better and casts further. You'd expect that tho with an extra 4" and a slightly slower action. Pitches like a dream too. If you are in the market for a custom finesse rod, you have some serious blank decisions to make.

I love those Pixzillas.

Seriously...they are incredible little machines.

Jighead61 · Post by **Jighead61** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 8:36 am

Great work!

Can you offer some info on the handle material?

Post by **Tokugawa** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 9:37 am

Jighead61 wrote:Great work! Can you offer some info on the handle material?

It is rayskin. I don't know exactly what info you are looking for...

dragon1 · Post by **dragon1** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 10:28 am

DAAAAAYYYUUUMMM!!!

GREAT WORK Tokugawa-san!

Indeed a marvelous piece of useful art!

BASSLAYER · Post by **BASSLAYER** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 10:59 am

TOKU sure loves his customs, Very nice looking rod. I bet it fishes as good as it looks!

BassBug · Post by **BassBug** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 7:02 pm

Speachless.........

baluga · Post by **baluga** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 11:39 am

SICK!

stratos20 · Post by **stratos20** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 9:35 am

Who says craftsmanship is dead?

Katron · Post by **Katron** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 9:47 am

If I did not say it before, SICKNESS! Now you need one of these to go along with it: http://www.titaniumkay.com/Sterling-Sil ... 03581.html. Just got mine in today, it is amazing!

Post by **Tokugawa** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 10:20 am

Thanks for the kind words guys.

Katron wrote:If I did not say it before, SICKNESS! Now you need one of these to go along with it: http://www.titaniumkay.com/Sterling-Sil ... 03581.html. Just got mine in today, it is amazing!

Those are way cool!

Katron · Post by **Katron** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 12:52 pm

The finish on these rings is amazing, absolutely flawless and finely crafted. I love how hard and almost crystalline the rayskin is, makes me want to do a rod handle with it. What about doing a flor grade cork grip with only half the handle in black rayskin, hmmm... yummy. Oh, and if you do order a ring make sure that you order one size bigger as they run small.

Kaleb

adriancean · Post by **adriancean** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 10:41 am

Where did you get the front cork grip?

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