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Paradigm Custom Rod Design

Custom, Handcrafted Split-Bamboo Fly Rods for the Contemporary Angler
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Click on the small numbers above each picture group to toggle thru various aspects of the split-bamboo rodmaking process. 


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multi-flamed culm
multi-flamed culm ...
culms side by side
culms side by side ...
the bench
the bench ...
bundled bamboo strips
bundled bamboo strip...
bundled & marked
bundled & marked ...
dark flamed strips & culm
dark flamed strips &...
dark strips & culm
dark strips & culm ...
dark flamed bamboo strips
dark flamed bamboo s...
strips, roughing form & Stanley hand plane
strips, roughing for...
roughing form & strips
roughing form & stri...
bamboo strips in various stages of rough-planing
bamboo strips in var...
another angle
another angle ...
Lie Neilsen & Stanley block planes
Lie Neilsen & Stanle...
full view of roughing form & 6ft final planing form
full view of roughin...
Lie Neilsen block plane next to the depth gauge
Lie Neilsen block pl...
the tools of the trade
the tools of the tra...
block planes and 212 scraper
block planes and 212...
node prep
node prep ...
compressing heated node area
compressing heated n...
heating the nodal area
heating the nodal ar...
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