nope .... it's sitting in the fridge right now waiting to be
steamed with plums and tomatoes tonight. A 300 dollar fish ... it
better be gooooood .............
it's a carbon fibre rod ..... and it's also made-in-china ...
-__-"
I actually cocked my eyebrows at the shop and asked ....
"made-in-china ?!?! " ...
and the fellow said all rods of that brand, as well as many
other well known japanese brands, are all made in china nowadays
..... >.<"
To me, 'Made In China' is a red flag, regardless of what brand
it is.
For instance, IBM used to make kickass ThinkPad laptops. They
were ugly as heck, but everyone I knew who owned it singed praises
of its wonderful reliability.
After IBM sold it off to Lenovo, the quality of ThinkPads went
down the gutter.