Да - ты прав Сергей - они покупают готовые бланки или корейский графит (японского уже давно не делают сами японцы).
Чтобы быть объективным у B&W конечно же спросил про происхождение бланков - подождем что ответят а вот пока здесь переписка на тему Hardy из Китая :
http://seatroutforum.com/archive/index.php/t-818.htmlSilkwood
31-10-2008, 11:40 PM
I had a look at the Hardy Marksman today in Sportfish, it looked a nice rod - but £400 for a 6ft model was a little pricey.
Then i saw the sticker on the handle - 'made in Korea'.
Now i know most rods are built in South East asia - but Hardy was a real shock!
I was told that the majority of Hardy's are now built in Korea.
What a shame for the greatest English rod builders....
Hoppy
PS saw the Sage TXL 6ft3 - 3wt - what a gem of a rod!!! big price though!
Hoppy:rolleyes:
A great shame indeed, sorry to say, -another example of the general decline and demise of the British manufacturing Base..
However, this is not to say that the rod will be an inferior product. Modern fishing rods in general, are not built, but assembled from parts which are often sub-contracted out to the lowest bidder, wherever they are in this World.
Industrial survival today, is all about adding up the profit and loss columns at audit time; regrettably, this means that a Manufacturer has to look to the East, if he is to survive at all.
Much of our centuries old, British expertise has now been exported and set up there, made cheaper than it could be here and sold back to us... ..But whose fault is that?
Within these pages, are many posts extolling the virtues of rods, made and sold for a fraction of what they could be made here for. If you put up a post on an item of tackle, there is always someone who will instantly respond, showing-and advising you, to go here-or there-and get it cheaper, without any thought of patronising our own struggling companies, many of whom make very fine goods!
Both you-and most everyone else, from what I have read, always want the best, want it now and don't want to pay a penny more than you have to, and I am sorry to say that this is the end result, so you have to live with it.
Not too long ago, fishermen took their time about their choice of tackle and usually bought the best they could afford, looked after it and really enjoyed using it. Rods became old friends, an extension of their arm and often, personality. When wear-or damage occurred, it was carefully put right, or allowed to remain, as battle scars and reminders of tussles with long-remembered fish..
One, or two rods served many purposes, as did reels and lines and lasted their owners for years..
..Now, there seems to be a rod for every conceivable type of cast in fly-fishing-with reel and line to match! It is quite the norm. now, to have at least six reels, or spools, with different line types, before one is considered to have the least hope of success-and Boy, do you anglers follow fashion!
Today, rods are soulless duplicated assemblies-and can be very cheap to buy! Often used but a few times, then discarded in favour of the latest fashion or brand name, which happens to be all the rage, it often matters not if they are broken or ill-used; replacements being cheap and cheerful, or else we whinge and complain to the supplier until a new one is sent, lest his name is blackened and trade lost..
I will be the first to admit, there is nothing wrong at all in having inexpensive-and an enormous range of rods available to the public, in order that the tyro is encouraged to learn, but unfortunately, because of this ready availability, he will learn to have little regard or care, for his rods.
Even some experienced anglers regard the breaking of a rod as little more than a minor inconvenience at the time-then go back to the car and fit up another..
So, it doesn't really matter, does it, that a blank is assembled in Korea, China or Timbuktoo, so long as you get as cheaply as possible. Shed no crocodile tears for them, for the soul went out of Hardy Brothers (Alnwick) decades ago now! What remains of that much-traded Company, is now committed to surviving and competing with the rest of the retail fishing tackle world, and that means heading East..They have gone the same way as Rover, Bentley -God forbid, but it happened anyway-Rolls Royce..and a whole host of other household names. Most of what this Land was built on, has now been sold off to and owned by Foreigners. (Can I still say that?)
If you really want High-quality, bespoke fishing tackle, it is still available in the great Country of ours and there are some really excellent goods for you to choose from still.. ..if you seek it out.. But this means paying a higher price for it than you have done, and the question is, are you prepared to do that?
If the answer is yes, then you will buy that which is still the best and will last.
If you say no, then be content with that made elsewhere, support their economies instead of ours and stop complaining if it isn't what you expect it to be.
A rod made in Korea-or China-is what todays' buying public want, because it is cheap. Be honest, when you scan the spec. of a particular rod, after looking at the length and weight, isn't it the price ticket which most influences your choice?
Fishing tackle-like most everything else today, is mostly made abroad because we put it there..
..through choice.