I was snooping around eBay, and found this guy. Look what he has to say:
2 HARNELL 1-87" 1-78"FISHING ROD BLANKS ROD BUILDERS $
Description :
TO FAIR TRADER DEPOT
LOOKS GOOD
ITEM #101 HARNELL
THIS IS THE ONE YOU HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR!
2 blanks 1 - 80" INCH 1-77-1/2"
the butt size on the longer one is 3/4" tip is 8
the shorter blank butt size 3/4" and the tip is an 9
BLANKS BY HARNELL
PRO ROD BUILDERS PREFER THESE FOR SALT WATER APPLICATIONS
MEDIUM TAPER
Light - Medium action from 15 to 30 line
these are nice for samon bass blues tuna
Hello Folks for years now the stories about Harnell Blanks have been twisted and bent
out of shape.It seems some folks were very unhappy that they sold the Harnell Brand to
South Bend /Gladding.
So the opinions sometimes even borderline slander about the quality of these blanks.
It seems Harnell opened another company and started producing blanks under a
different name.(Harrington)
well they never really took off!
WHY?
Because they sold all the mandrels made by the old man!
that produce the Harnell rod blanks.
The entire stock ,lock and barrel was sold to Southbend /Gladding.
The confusion on the Internet is all nonsense!
Tons of mis information on the net.
Everybody acts like experts.
They have no clue!
Plus you have a bunch of opinions saying that if they were not from before the sale they are not Harnell.
However !
That is all nonsense.
We are selling the ORIGINAL Harnell blanks
Made in America
The mandrels are located in South Florida.
along with thousands of blanks produced off these (Original) Harnell Mandrels
from the late 60s /70s
The Harnell factory in California produced a grey black blank
The first run after Harnell was bought out they made several different color blanks.
Burgundy most preferred
These are the Burgundy blanks said to be a little better then the black ones.
But that is only opinion.
a good opinion!
These blanks are super flexible and really strong!
exactly what you would expect from Harnell.
The best old time blank Maker!
Currently the Mandrels are owned by Florida Fiberglass/Stuart Aluminum
We hope this clears up all the nonsense that has been going on for years
These are Authentic Vintage Harnell.
That is what this guy said.
Are they really owned by Stuart? I had someone tell me the were owned by Crowder, but I thought they were talking about GatorGlass.
Whats the deal?!?!?!
Let me know!
-Kevin
i have no idea if what they are saying is true or not - i do know stuart is a rather unique individual from conversations i have had with him and that he owns several different companies other than just the guides and butts that we all know about - check out this youtube video and it may actually back up this claim a little bit - make sure to watch the whole thing and you will see why.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pa3ERi2QjFM
I was snooping around eBay, and found this guy. Look what he has to say:
2 HARNELL 1-87" 1-78"FISHING ROD BLANKS ROD BUILDERS $
Description :
TO FAIR TRADER DEPOT
LOOKS GOOD
ITEM #101 HARNELL
THIS IS THE ONE YOU HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR!
2 blanks 1 - 80" INCH 1-77-1/2"
the butt size on the longer one is 3/4" tip is 8
the shorter blank butt size 3/4" and the tip is an 9
BLANKS BY HARNELL
PRO ROD BUILDERS PREFER THESE FOR SALT WATER APPLICATIONS
MEDIUM TAPER
Light - Medium action from 15 to 30 line
these are nice for samon bass blues tuna
Hello Folks for years now the stories about Harnell Blanks have been twisted and bent
out of shape.It seems some folks were very unhappy that they sold the Harnell Brand to
South Bend /Gladding.
So the opinions sometimes even borderline slander about the quality of these blanks.
It seems Harnell opened another company and started producing blanks under a
different name.(Harrington)
well they never really took off!
WHY?
Because they sold all the mandrels made by the old man!
that produce the Harnell rod blanks.
The entire stock ,lock and barrel was sold to Southbend /Gladding.
The confusion on the Internet is all nonsense!
Tons of mis information on the net.
Everybody acts like experts.
They have no clue!
Plus you have a bunch of opinions saying that if they were not from before the sale they are not Harnell.
However !
That is all nonsense.
We are selling the ORIGINAL Harnell blanks
Made in America
The mandrels are located in South Florida.
along with thousands of blanks produced off these (Original) Harnell Mandrels
from the late 60s /70s
The Harnell factory in California produced a grey black blank
The first run after Harnell was bought out they made several different color blanks.
Burgundy most preferred
These are the Burgundy blanks said to be a little better then the black ones.
But that is only opinion.
a good opinion!
These blanks are super flexible and really strong!
exactly what you would expect from Harnell.
The best old time blank Maker!
Currently the Mandrels are owned by Florida Fiberglass/Stuart Aluminum
We hope this clears up all the nonsense that has been going on for years
These are Authentic Vintage Harnell.
That is what this guy said.
Are they really owned by Stuart? I had someone tell me the were owned by Crowder, but I thought they were talking about GatorGlass.
Whats the deal?!?!?!
Let me know!
-Kevin
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