Tonkin Bamboo has arrived

I ordered a bundle of Tonkin cane from Andy Royer a few months ago. I was told last week that the shipment has arrived, so I went to pick up my bamboo today.

I had to make a choice between organising someone to shift 3.6 m long bamboo poles to my house, and finding a place to store such long stuff without upsetting my wife, or cutting them in half so that they will fit in my car and my shed. I have chosen the second option, so I quickly chop them up with my Japanese saw. The task was easier than I thought. I then spend my Sunday afternoon to cut a check split on each pole.

I now got 10 poles now, and since I haven't finished my first rod yet, it will take a long time to use them up.

一本目の竹竿がいまだに完成していない身分で、三ヶ月程前にさらに竹を注文したのですが、そのトンキンケーンが今日やってきました。

注文したのは１０本。オーストラリアのロッドメーカーやアマチュアの方達が集まっての団体注文と言う事で、コスト的にはかなり安くなりました。一本あたり、日本円にして４５００円くらいでしょうか。以前アメリカのとあるお店から買ったときの半額以下です。

ちんたらちんたら、作業を進めている僕ですので、この１０本の竹は当分ワークベンチの下に眠ってもらう事になるでしょう。