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For nostalgic reasons, really wanted to get the 3 pieces of Lionel's DAM Pirate Allround 3-pc 9' f/glass rod separated and, thereby, more easily usable in his memory. Its 1-2 section metal-socket joint was simply firmly stuck and the 2-3 joint was rough & could have easily been stuck also if pushed a bit more. As a starter, I lightly primed rim of female part at the stuck 1-2 joint with virgin olive oil several times over an hour or so. And then (actually to my surprise) 'POP' - free ! (No hot or cold poultices at all.) Then scrubbed-up both 1-2 and 2-3 metal-joint parts with some scrunched up aluminium foil. Everything back to normal and useable. Whether Lionel and I will be smiling or cursing after I've thrown a few hooks with his old DAM has yet to be tested !!

<blockquote data-quote="Casker" data-source="post: 363568" data-attributes="member: 3106"><p>For nostalgic reasons, really wanted to get the 3 pieces of Lionel&#039;s DAM Pirate Allround 3-pc 9&#039; f/glass rod separated and, thereby, more easily usable in his memory.&nbsp; Its 1-2 section metal-socket joint was simply firmly stuck and the 2-3 joint was rough &amp; could have easily been stuck also if pushed a bit more.&nbsp; As a starter, I lightly primed rim of female part at the stuck 1-2 joint with virgin olive oil several times over an hour or so.&nbsp; And then (actually to my surprise)&nbsp; &#039;POP&#039; - free !&nbsp; (No hot or cold poultices at all.)&nbsp; Then scrubbed-up both 1-2 and 2-3 metal-joint parts with some scrunched up aluminium foil.&nbsp; Everything back to normal and useable.&nbsp; Whether Lionel and I will be smiling or cursing after I&#039;ve thrown a few hooks with his old DAM has yet to be tested !!&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Casker, post: 363568, member: 3106"] For nostalgic reasons, really wanted to get the 3 pieces of Lionel's DAM Pirate Allround 3-pc 9' f/glass rod separated and, thereby, more easily usable in his memory. Its 1-2 section metal-socket joint was simply firmly stuck and the 2-3 joint was rough & could have easily been stuck also if pushed a bit more. As a starter, I lightly primed rim of female part at the stuck 1-2 joint with virgin olive oil several times over an hour or so. And then (actually to my surprise) 'POP' - free ! (No hot or cold poultices at all.) Then scrubbed-up both 1-2 and 2-3 metal-joint parts with some scrunched up aluminium foil. Everything back to normal and useable. Whether Lionel and I will be smiling or cursing after I've thrown a few hooks with his old DAM has yet to be tested !! :) [/QUOTE]

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