Ryder Posted July 3, 2021 Share Posted July 3, 2021 Hi Raiders, I picked up a vintage Butterworth beach rod when I was up the coast. I stripped the guides and removed the reel seat hoping to get a model number all I found was 0.1 on the blank and the rear wooden grip. It doesn’t match any models on the Butterworth catalogue. It’s pretty stiff I think it could be an 8 or 9144, any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackfish Posted July 3, 2021 Share Posted July 3, 2021 How long and how stiff is it Andrew. Got nuffing really Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryder Posted July 5, 2021 Author Share Posted July 5, 2021 It’s 12ft, butt is 28mm and the tip is 3.5mm. The walls of the blank are close to 1.5mm Compared to my Pacific Composites and Snyder Mag Surf both 7 wrap the action is faster and it’s heavier. I don’t have any other to compare it to. Here are model charts from Butterworth, it’s not on there, but it does have the original Butterworth decal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryder Posted July 10, 2021 Author Share Posted July 10, 2021 I spoke to my rod builder, he suggested the SU series I’ve taken out the sand spike and put the blank on the best scales I have, it comes up around 440g depending how I place it. Calling it SU7144FT. The butt dimension is spot on, the tip is about 1/3 of a mm thicker, the blank is overall 1 cm longer than 366. Slight variations 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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