normark black madallion 13ft match rod info

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a lad at work is selling one what’s it worth + are they a good rod ~think ~think

[TF_Dave Pellet]

I seem to recall the Black Medallion range were Normark’s ‘budget’ range

not handled one so couldn’t give an opinion on quality

[nowallett]

The Black Medallion was the budget range, they were made on chinese blanks as opposed to the japan made microlites ect

[Anonymous]

i have a black medallion quiver tip rod and its as good as any i’ve used including some at double the price.

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bttt

[TF_maker]

Was the crusader at the budget end too fellas?

[TF_D.W.]

Crusader was one of the budget range. Unless it was a Team Normark, any other Normark rod is not worth mentioning in the same sentence as it is not built on a Diamaru blank. I don’t think the 2000 range were built on Diamaru blanks either but I could be wrong on that one.

[TF_Dave Pellet]

the Crusaders were good rods when they were released in the 1990’s, not top of the Normark range I’ll admit, but I certainly wouldn’t have put them in the budget category, seem to recall they retailed around the £120 mark back then

there were 2 versions, the standard crusader, which was a nice, general purpose waggler rod, then there was the Crusader Ultra, which was a beautiful rod

it had a ridiculously thin blank, and weighed in around the 150/160g bracket

I was on the verge of buying one at one stage, but didn’t, can’t recall what I bought instead but if I’d bought the crusader I’d probably still have it today, not of much use in a post about the Black Medallion range though!

[TF_allyParticipant]

I had one side by side with my original titan and it was hard to tell the difference. Cost him about £50 new, that must be over 10 years ago though.

[TF_maker]

have a NCF 113 11′-13′ normark crusader fast feeder, would love to know the year it came out and is it a good un fellas?

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