adriany
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Made in England???My mate just bought a Hardy Demon 8ft rod from a local tackle dealer. Lovely wee rod for the river. We were down the river the other night and when he was taking the rod out of the rod bag we noticed a sticker on the butt of the rod saying " Made in Korea ". There was me thinking that Hardys claim was that they built their own rods in England.
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apache
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maybe the rod bag was made in korea & the sticker got attached to the rod by accident  with prices hardy charge i wouldn,t like to think they where into slave labour  your mate should email them about it  maybe your mates just opened a big can of worms but i dont think hardy will ever bring there prices down wherever there stuff is made 
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adriany
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As you say there could be every chance that the sticker got attached by accicdent but it was so nicely placed on the rod that it must have been accidently put there by a Korean lol.
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fossil-fish
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I think Grey's and Hardy's gear is assembled in Korea. This is common practice among tackle manufacturers. The design and tooling and overseeing of the process is under control of the parent company. Quality control is very high. There is probably a better quality control and work ethic from the overseas workers, anybody drive a Rover? If the whole process was completed in the UK you and I would probably need a mortage to buy it. For a Hardy branded product the Demon range seems to be excellent value for money. I am afraid we can't have it both ways.
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Hardy Caster
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The Angle and the Galdstone are made in England ,
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Darren
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| fossil-fish wrote: | | I think Grey's and Hardy's gear is assembled in Korea. This is common practice among tackle manufacturers. The design and tooling and overseeing of the process is under control of the parent company. Quality control is very high. There is probably a better quality control and work ethic from the overseas workers, anybody drive a Rover? If the whole process was completed in the UK you and I would probably need a mortage to buy it. For a Hardy branded product the Demon range seems to be excellent value for money. I am afraid we can't have it both ways. |
Hit the nail on the head there FF 
Darren 
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adriany
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This wee site is first class and the members here are very knowledgable. I didnt know that its assembled in Korea so thanks for the words of wisdom. I wasnt complaining its just I was miss informed.
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thepriestmaker
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I Think Im right in saying that most of Greys/ Hardys rods are made in the far east, to the extent a lot of lads round here ( I live 10 miles from the Hardy factory) refuse to buy them, as they have a habit of snapping around 30cm down.
That said, I have a GRX, and as yet have no complaints.
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