I have a Hardy Perfection in Palakona made in 1971 and whilst undoubtedly genuine it does not have the intermediate whippings typical of all the other Hardy split came rods that I have seen.

Can anyone fill me in on why this might be please?

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“There is no more lovely country than Monmouthshire in early spring. Nowhere do the larks sing quite so passionately, as if somehow inspired by the Welsh themselves. There is a blackbird on every thorn and a cock chaffinch, a twink as they call him there, on every bush...... It moved me profoundly. I had been spared to see another spring, and I thank God for it.”

Oliver Kite
“A Spring Day on the Usk”
A Fisherman’s Diary

Once the modern adhesives were being used (late '40s onwards) there was no need for intermediate whippings. This allowed Hardy (and others) to offer a choice to anglers of rods with, or without, the intermediate whippings. It took a while to catch on but eventually quite a few anglers chose the more efficient arrangement of which your rod is an example.

Whenever I buy a Hardy cane rod, I seek out those without the intermediate whippings.

richard

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Who resides on the right bank of the Derbyshire Wye and is lulled to sleep each night by the mutterings of a weir, dreaming that "When the rivers and their inhabitants come first, we ALL win..."

Many thanks Richard, problem solved!

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“There is no more lovely country than Monmouthshire in early spring. Nowhere do the larks sing quite so passionately, as if somehow inspired by the Welsh themselves. There is a blackbird on every thorn and a cock chaffinch, a twink as they call him there, on every bush...... It moved me profoundly. I had been spared to see another spring, and I thank God for it.”

Oliver Kite
“A Spring Day on the Usk”
A Fisherman’s Diary

Does anyone know why they used two-tone claret whippings on the "Palakona" for a limited run in 1970 rather than the traditional green and red? Was the reason as mundane as temporarily running out of green silk?