i once brought a barra rod from a old bloke in melborne in the mid 80s (Private)and he was selling all his gear becouse of ill health,he was selling two slit cane rods made by the same person(15 peice i think)and he told me they were cheap at around 800 each and im pretty sure the name on them was not ozzie sounding the name sort of reminds me of a certain melbourne bookie.....gazman....