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Old 09-27-2018, 11:03 AM   #1
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51" rear handle twins (Gun porn, NSFW)

I completed two more guns this week. One is mahogany the other a teak/padauk combo. Both have the Ermes DR mechanism, Pathos 7mm shaft, 14mm standard ID bands, MVD vertical reel. Carbon reinforced handle and epoxy finish.





















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Old 09-27-2018, 12:46 PM   #2
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Old 09-27-2018, 02:36 PM   #3
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Wow. Super nice!
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Very nice work!
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Old 09-28-2018, 06:18 AM   #5
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I completed two more guns this week. One is mahogany the other a teak/padauk combo.
Did you have to ballast them much? They give the feeling of having a much more mass than required for a 7mm shaft. But I am not familiar with TEAK at all. My only experience is with Irocco.

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...14mm standard ID bands...
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!!! no small ID? Ye'r gonna die!!!!

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MVD vertical reel.
For anyone looking for these reels, they are actually the MVD Soft Touch Vertical reels. The difference is that in the Soft Touch the drum itself is plastic made, while in the non-Soft Touch models, the reel is steel.

They Soft Touch line is somewhat ligther and I can attest they work like a dream. I have one myself and it is smooooth. I like it.

Dean,

Great guns as usual. fit and finish is top notch and I like he Euro Style guns. I must say I find most of the blue water mid handle builds in this board booooooring.

I would be extremely happy with any of those guns.

Good job!

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Old 09-28-2018, 10:21 AM   #6
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Did you have to ballast them much? They give the feeling of having a much more mass than required for a 7mm shaft. But I am not familiar with TEAK at all. My only experience is with Irocco.


Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!!! no small ID? Ye'r gonna die!!!!

Dean,

Great guns as usual. fit and finish is top notch and I like he Euro Style guns. I must say I find most of the blue water mid handle builds in this board booooooring.

I would be extremely happy with any of those guns.

Good job!

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I actually made a mistake in my description. These have 7.5mm shafts. Haven't had them in the water yet but buoyancy-wise I believe they will be OK. I'll get around to a few test shots later next week and will try to post video.

I'll be making a couple blue water mid handles for an upcoming trip very soon. I just got done laying up the blanks..... I'll try not to make them too boring!

Thanks for the kind words everyone!
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Nice!
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Beautiful guns.
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Old 10-10-2018, 04:51 PM   #9
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I like the taper on the body of the gun, did you use a hand plane?
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for 2 rubber I ll give a try to evo back DR trigger ,
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I did the rough shaping on machine and fine tuned with hand tools which included a block plane.... see profile pic!
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You must have small ID bands @ 380%. Otherwise you're not cool...
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Old 10-11-2018, 12:36 PM   #13
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You must have small ID bands @ 380%. Otherwise you're not cool...
Well that's it then, nothing but small ID at 400% (so I can be super cool) on all future builds
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