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Question
I have a fishing rod from Horrocks-Ibbetson Co. It has MOHAWK on the handle in brown letters and also it has 71 below that it has 16281/2-81/2'  The rod appears to be a fiberglass  rod 2 piece, can you tell approximate. how old this is? the Hi is in brown along with the rest of the letters except the numbers are in white. This appears to be and old 2 piece rod and I am curious. Thank you Brian

Answer
Brian,
Yes made in the early 1950s
and not very valuable.

They are looked down upon by the collecting community and often they are justified. They were sort of mass produced , rather heavy and very slow. They are not going to resale for very much.
A small portion of these rods are decent fishing tools . It is the collector community that decides the prices , please  don't blame the messenger.
I find two books are available at larger libraries to get history and or value:
Antique & Collectable Fishing Rods: Identification & Value Guide Homel, Dan. 1997 (2nd edition 2000) ,add 30% due to the age of the book.
Bamboo Rod Restoration Handbook -Michael Sinclair
History
H-I
http://mysite.verizon.net/vze2h7gi/fishnbanjossliceoflifeincyberspacecopy/id22.h

Homel gives the Horrocks - Ibbotson Co."Mohawk" #1423 fiberglass spinning rod 6 1/2', which  is very close to yours,   the  value of  $5, 13 and $35 for poor, good, and excellent condition respectively.

My experience is $35 might be a little high even if your rod is in unused condition.

ebay # 190655474881 looks like your rod, 2 bids $5 - seems right.


Luck,
Mac

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