Back in the late 60s a legend of a striper fisherman and rod builder asked me if I would like to have a rod made. Everyone wanted one, but he picked who he would build one for...Anyway, He built me a great rod out of a 532 Harnell blank...I now need to redo the guides and am having trouble finding the Mildrum guides he used...So, question one is...Does anyone know where I can find them? And question two is, he coated the wrap with lacquer..I would like to bring it back to original...Would you do that, or is there a flex coat that won't stand out so much...I haven't built a rod in quite awhile so I'm not so sure where the craft is at...Thanks...Lou

you can still get rod varnish made by Gudebrod,you will need multi-coats but not hard. there still are all metal guides being made. Go to Rodbuilding.org ,left side is the suppliers list check out some of those

I'll check out the web site...Thanks