The 'Centennial' rod was built in 1981 to commemorate Leonard's 100 years in Central Valley, NY. The rod was built as per their most popular model in 1881.
8' 3 piece, straw colored cane, candy apple red full intermediates, stripper is a large snake guide, grip is rattan, reel seat slide band butternut and cased in a wooden presentation box with an aluminum tube. Box is plywood stained walnut. And also has a card signed by all employees at the time (8).
I guess I should been clearer in my post.
I am very familiar with the pre-fire, Maxwell era etc. etc. I was Leonard's largest dealer in their last 2/3 years of business before the IRS stepped in. In their last year,I probably sold a couple hundred of the 'Golden Shadow' graphites. When the IRS shut their doors, we had 73 of the cane rods in stock.
Don't let my profile fool you. I now live in SD, but the shop was
V in Wisconsin.
