as said befo
Don't remove the cello from the handle of the rod until it snaps. The
warranty
will be honored better when you present a rod with a mint handle.


There is other reasons for keeping the cello on the handle. It is damn hard to
get off and so the warranty is rightfully extended. Using a finger nail or
knife you risk damaging the cork. It is a little trying to strip it off when
your preping your gear to go fishing. Basically you just want to start fishing
and to hell with fiddling around with it. Custom rods as far as i know do not
come with cello wrapped handles. Lastly if you happen to catch (ot) salmon or
pike there is a problem with slime smell and you don't want the fluids of this
sort on the cork handle for obvious reasons.
Hope this further helps