On May 1, 9:47*pm, "Charlie Wilson" wrote:
"williemcd" wrote:
Hello all, I posted a while back about unloading some of my gear but I
neglected to let ya know that I'm a long time member of this group but
under a different name. *My old s/n was bilbonme@aol.
Well, I posted a F/S of a rod prob 75 y/o. *I got a query from someone
about make and model. *I could only see a manufacturing stamp
indicating Southbend and then I noticed a stamp on the reel seat which
said" *Single CROSSBuilt". *The guy the queried me thought that was a
key issue on it's value. *So, what doesSingle CROSSBuilt mean?

* South Bend acquired the Cross Rod Company (headed by Wes Jordan) in an
attempt to upgrade their image. *Any South Bend rod with Cross markings
would have been produced between 1926 and 1941. *South Bend did not mark all
of their rods during that period as Cross, just the upper end. *"Single
built" means each section was conventional construction with six pieces of
bamboo; double built rods were six sided with twelve pieces of bamboo, in
order to use a maximum amount of outside fibers.

Damn. I've never would have anticipated such a well informed
response.. Tks for all of the insite.. Bill