Originally Posted By: GLS
Even in the world of handmade split cane fly rods, hobbyists no longer have to depend solely on a hand plane to taper the Tonkin cane strips as machines at home save hours of work by milling a rough taper to where a hand plane is used to finish the job.


As someone who builds split bamboo fly rods I would somewhat disagree with this. A beveler can save you some time roughing strips but not hours.

If it were my gun I would leave it as is. But that's just me.

Matt