New reel seats

Personally the best reel seats are ones made of cork. They are simple, light, and functional.

However, the good cork rings are rare and quite expensive. A decent ring costs about A$ 3 to 4, and I need about 7of those to make up for one reel seat.

I bought a bag of 100 cork rings, and I got some nice ones, but I would rather save good cork rings for grips.

At the end of the day, I can still get a nice reel seat made of wood but I haven't seen a good rod grip made of wood. The rod grips have to be made of cork rings, and they have to be good ones.

Anyway, I ordered a pair or reel seats a few weeks ago, and they have just arrived.

One at top is made by Struble and another is from Bellinger.

I like both but I am not a fun of heavily varnished wood spacer of Struble. So I will scrape off varnish and put some oil instead.

Looks to me, Bellinger has changed their design for their metal parts. The new one looks different from the one I used on my first rod. I prefer the look of the older one but the new one is a lot lighter.

オーダーしてあったリールシートが届きました。

上のがStruble社製、下がBellinger社製です。Bellingerのはメタルの部分のデザインが変わってしまったようで残念ですが、前のよりも大分軽くなっています。

Struble社製のはニスでテカテカしていますが、僕はニスのテカリが嫌いなので削り落としてオイルフィニッシュに変更します。