[Saltheart]

The blank Surface is perfect the whole length of the rod. The thread finish has typical scuffs scratches , guide feet cracks as you will see on all rods after a year or two of use.

I did not wax the rod or do anything to cover blemishes before taking the pics. A coat of car wax on the thread finish should spruce it up nicely. I would not put any wax etc on the blank as that has the Loomis matte finish and is just about perfect.
It does have 7 Fuji SiC guides.

It really is a great all around plugging and eeling rod. It is the only rod I ever use for eeling from the shore. Very sensitive to hits do to action.

If you could find this blank anywhere it would be about $430 to have a rod like this custom made. It is unlikely you could find this blank since loomis no longer sells blanks..just factory rods.