I procured some of the last of the S500-1 Shikari blanks and will be offering them until they are all sold for $100. These blanks are a deep gloss black, 5'0" long, med/fast action and are rated for 1-4lb line and 1/32-3/16 oz lures. These will be built with the handle shown above, micro guides and built around a size 1000 reel. For those of you who don't know Shikari had a blank factory in Oklahoma and went out of business last year. Advance Tubular Composite (ATC) purchased the tooling and are continuing many of the models at their factory in Washington. ATC is owned by Gary Loomis' cousin and hired one of Loomis' long time engineers, keep an eye out for their blanks in the near future.
If you'd like one get in touch with me via email at bkemis@gmail.com.
