A few weeks ago Japsw put up his blanks for sale and I said jokingly to Nate "hey I should buy this blank and you can make me a gun". He agreed and we set about getting the parts. I had my mind set on everything being black. In the end I wound up with a black handle, shaft, reel, reeline, line guide and nametag.
The lineguide wound up being not as nice as the stainless version so we opted for the S.S instead.
The entire gun was shaped, mech pocket gouged and recesses recessed with a hand full of tools;
basically a nightstand-router table, dremel tool, screwdriver and a small wood chissel.
Over the last 2 weeks Nate poured a few dozen hours into shaping the gun and peicing it together.
In payment he recieved one can of Grizzley pouches, and they were out of wintergreen.
The gun is 55 inches with 127cm band stretch.
I got a shaft from Dan that has the fins right at the mech
Here are some pics I took real quick before work the last couple days.