Calcutta Re-wrap project

[T Bone]

I have an Old Calcutta(Cane-not Shimano) rod that belonged to my Grandfather.It has sat in the rod rack for a few years,just keeping it around for nostalgia.It was pretty beat,only 2 out of 10 guides were there,the others were gone with the original cotton thread and varnish becoming very brittle.The tip and handle however are in good shape.Good thing too because I dont think I would be able to come up with a replacement tip very easily look how fat that thing is.This rod is 9' and has a suprisingly good action for an organic rod.It feels a lot like my 90J.Guide spacing is very interesting,each guide goes over the "knuckle" where the cane is divided in sections.interestingly it works out perfectly.towards the butt they are further spaced and closer as you get towards the tip(God designed these things to be fishing rods)
I have a hodge podge of wrapping stuff.I have not wrapped a rod since 2006.I wrapped that rod for Alijos and was one of the rods I lost in the surf last year(Arrgggh!).I have lots of thread but couldnt come up with a complete set of guides that matched so I am going Chrome-black-chrome-black perfections leaving the OG tip which is 1/2 thick.Wraps are going to be black/white/Chrome.I am going to finish it off with a butt wrap with my Grandpa's Initials.
My grandfather loved to fish.He of course got my father into fishing and in turn my brother and I.My grandfather has fished the polaris with Bill Poole and somewhere there are pics with him and piles of albies on deck.Maybe this rod was fished on one of those trips I dont know.Apparently Guys used cane rods fairly often even into the early sixties where fiberglass eventually won out for obvious reasons.I plan on hanging a few fish on this one.