Before fiberglass and graphite rods are mostly made of bamboo. The process of creating a split bamboo stick or cane was long and requires great skill. Tonkin cane, the preferred variety of bamboo from China. Although many have the misconception that bamboo is a tree, is actually in the grass family.

Traditionally, a division or bamboo to take 40 hours or more for crafts and construction. The stem is divided into triangular sections, each cone section with a plan and then glued together to form the white bar. Although this may seem simple, there are a lot of labor and skill involved.

There are some famous producers of bamboo that had their candles they believed offered the best performance and copy a lot of rod builders today and emulate the candles in their own reeds Because that work very well.

Today, you can still buy the bars separating cane. You can often find one of the classics available for sale at a very high cost. Or maybe someone skilled and experienced in the construction of traditional methods for you. Again, the cost of the bar will be high, but could very well become a family