Thread: Sizing cork for rod handles

I've got two old Garcia Rods that I love and have bought cork rings to do a little refurbishing on the handles. The rings have a 1/4" hole in them that I need to ream out to 1".

Call me cheap but I'm going to try to ream them without buying a reaming tool. I have bought some reaming tape that I'm going to try to work with on some sort of conical dowel to do some of the work, but I thought I'd ask if anybody has any experience and could offer advice.

You need a caliper to check how much room you have to ream out. If cork gets too thin it will "crack". Buy a reaming tool, you'll wear your arms out trying without one. Just personal experience.

John g(J&M tackle) is an expert, and some others on here....... I love cork too, but redid mine in foam and it turned out great....pick up a couple more rods that the cork is still good of similar rods(Garcia conolon) that will get redone with handles intack