I am aware of the difference between a spigot joint on a rod and the more normal one over the other joint! I believe the former is generally found on more expensive rods and gives strength to thinner blanks! My question is whether any of you have ever had a worn out spigot joint bearing in mind that each time a connection is made a minuscule layer of carbon is lost?
Yes - over a long time, I have found a spigot joint can become a bit worn and a bit looser. Unlike tapered/ordinary joints the sections can't just push together further to take up the wear.
Because male spigots don't push fully home, some reckon on trimming a bit off the worn end to bring the unworn other end in play. I've never done that.
But to guard against wear in the first place, I coat the male joint with a product called Jointsave, made for pole joints. It goes on like nail varnish and puts a kind of non-stick coating on, stopping the carbon surfaces grinding on each other.
Where I have a worn joint - say on a pole joint where you take it apart every time to bait up and land a fish, so wear is inevitable - I coat the male joint in the product and rub it, when hardened, with a bit of beeswax candle. This offsets wear and also takes up the "space" in the joint.
I have a couple of of old rods with worn spigots but the Jointsave and wax deals with the problem. The wear issue has never put me off a rod.
