Building Stickman Rods

Published on Mar 16. 2014 - 11 years ago
Updated or edited 6 years ago

Stickman rods are individually built in Spain and Hungary paying the greatest possible attention to every detail throughout the process. Visit our website: http://stickmanrods.com/index.php/en/home
Featuring István Gampel
Filmed & edited by Ákos Szmutni

Originator

Stickman Rods / Ákos Szmutni

Originator's web site

http://stickmanrods.com/index.php/en/home

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