# Custom Cork Handles
**URL:** https://10colorstenkara.com/t/custom-cork-handles/2941
**Category:** Tenkara
**Created:** [May 2, 2024, 4:01am UTC](https://10colorstenkara.com/t/custom-cork-handles/2941 "2024-05-02T04:01:26Z")
**Posts on this page:** 15
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### Author:  [@Ryan6f7](https://10colorstenkara.com/u/Ryan6f7)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2024, 4:01am UTC](https://10colorstenkara.com/t/custom-cork-handles/2941/1 "2024-05-02T04:01:26Z")
A few months back I posted about looking for a solution to add a grip to my Daiwa Seiryu X45. I tried a few things, had tennis racket tape on for a while. One day it occurred to me to that I could probably have a cork handle custom made by a rod builder. I googled “custom rod builder near me” and found a gentleman that builds beautiful fly rods about 15 min from my place of work. He was happy to help and the results are pretty fantastic. I dropped off 3 rods and have 2 of them back in my possession. The grips
In my opinion look fantastic and they really do enhance the fishability of the rods in my giant paws.
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### Author:  [@dpnoll](https://10colorstenkara.com/u/dpnoll)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2024, 11:22am UTC](https://10colorstenkara.com/t/custom-cork-handles/2941/2 "2024-05-02T11:22:36Z")
The handles look really nice. For me I thought I would never like the rods without a foam or cork handle but have found that I like the sensitivity.
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### Author:  [@cappy](https://10colorstenkara.com/u/cappy)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2024, 11:45am UTC](https://10colorstenkara.com/t/custom-cork-handles/2941/3 "2024-05-02T11:45:48Z")
They look amazing, glad they now work perfectly for you. Would you mind telling us the cost ?
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### Author:  [@Neil\_Young](https://10colorstenkara.com/u/Neil_Young)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2024, 12:20pm UTC](https://10colorstenkara.com/t/custom-cork-handles/2941/4 "2024-05-02T12:20:39Z")
they look nice!
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### Author:  [@Ryan6f7](https://10colorstenkara.com/u/Ryan6f7)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2024, 12:46pm UTC](https://10colorstenkara.com/t/custom-cork-handles/2941/5 "2024-05-02T12:46:38Z")
The Daiwa rod was not bad without the handle, it was pretty thick and easy to hold and I admit the cork handle on that rod was largely just cosmetic. The Coco 290 and the Hakubai 240 handles just didnt feel great to me. I thought about the loss of sensitivity but in the places I use these rods my strike detection is almost entirely visible so the trade off for comfort was worth it.
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### Author:  [@Ryan6f7](https://10colorstenkara.com/u/Ryan6f7)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2024, 12:47pm UTC](https://10colorstenkara.com/t/custom-cork-handles/2941/6 "2024-05-02T12:47:31Z")
He charged me 45$ per handle.
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### Author:  [@Ryan6f7](https://10colorstenkara.com/u/Ryan6f7)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2024, 12:48pm UTC](https://10colorstenkara.com/t/custom-cork-handles/2941/7 "2024-05-02T12:48:48Z")
This is the Handle on the nissin air stage hakubai 240. Hopefully picking it up next week.
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### Author:  [@Kookagee](https://10colorstenkara.com/u/Kookagee)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2024, 12:21am UTC](https://10colorstenkara.com/t/custom-cork-handles/2941/8 "2024-05-03T00:21:55Z")
Ryan,
These are beautiful.
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### Author:  [@Ryan6f7](https://10colorstenkara.com/u/Ryan6f7)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2024, 3:22am UTC](https://10colorstenkara.com/t/custom-cork-handles/2941/9 "2024-05-03T03:22:33Z")
Agreed! They really exceeded my expectations.
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### Author:  [@RedMapleOutdoors](https://10colorstenkara.com/u/RedMapleOutdoors)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2024, 6:08pm UTC](https://10colorstenkara.com/t/custom-cork-handles/2941/10 "2024-05-03T18:08:34Z")
Those are really beautiful grips! Nice!!
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### Author:  [@Ryan6f7](https://10colorstenkara.com/u/Ryan6f7)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2024, 2:22pm UTC](https://10colorstenkara.com/t/custom-cork-handles/2941/11 "2024-05-10T14:22:27Z")
Picked up the hakubai yesterday. Real happy with how the whole set turned out and cant wait to get them on the water.
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### Author:  [@Peder](https://10colorstenkara.com/u/Peder)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2024, 3:39pm UTC](https://10colorstenkara.com/t/custom-cork-handles/2941/12 "2024-05-17T15:39:51Z")
I have to say, the person did a very impressive job.
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### Author:  [@Kookagee](https://10colorstenkara.com/u/Kookagee)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2024, 11:34pm UTC](https://10colorstenkara.com/t/custom-cork-handles/2941/13 "2024-05-24T23:34:10Z")
Absolutely beautiful.
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### Author:  [@Beek2](https://10colorstenkara.com/u/Beek2)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2024, 3:57am UTC](https://10colorstenkara.com/t/custom-cork-handles/2941/14 "2024-06-12T03:57:29Z")
Beautiful, the cork grip has a very earthy wood grained appearance and very complimentary contoured to each seiryu rod. Nice work!!
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### Author:  [@system](https://10colorstenkara.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2024, 3:57am UTC](https://10colorstenkara.com/t/custom-cork-handles/2941/15 "2024-12-09T03:57:33Z")
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