{"id":155,"date":"2016-11-01T11:43:51","date_gmt":"2016-11-01T11:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/?p=155"},"modified":"2016-11-01T11:43:51","modified_gmt":"2016-11-01T11:43:51","slug":"the-ht8-build","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/2016\/11\/01\/the-ht8-build\/","title":{"rendered":"The HT8 Build"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Holger asked me yesterday for more details on the build and appearance of the latest <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/index.php\/webshop\/item\/537\/ht-pro-9ft-8wt\">HT8 model<\/a>. This is the\u00a0flag ship model that we stock.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_159\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-159\" style=\"width: 840px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/HT8_front.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-159\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/HT8_front-1024x392.jpg\" alt=\"The Hot Torpedo\" width=\"840\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/HT8_front-1024x392.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/HT8_front-300x115.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/HT8_front-768x294.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/HT8_front-1200x459.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-159\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Hot Torpedo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sexyloops has its\u00a0own cork grips made in Portugal using the slightly thicker\u00a0Full Wells grip that we like with a small fighting butt. The cork quality is immaculate. The reel seat is machined by\u00a0REC in the USA &#8211; the best &#8211; black anodised and the insert (spacer) is machined and black anodised in the UK.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_160\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-160\" style=\"width: 840px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/HT8_guide.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-160\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/HT8_guide-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"Titanium stripping guides\" width=\"840\" height=\"556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/HT8_guide-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/HT8_guide-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/HT8_guide-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/HT8_guide-1200x795.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/HT8_guide.jpg 1772w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-160\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Titanium stripping guides<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Stripping guides are Titanium framed SICs, there are seven Recoil rings and the Tip Top is Hopkins &amp; Holloway.\u00a0Whippings are blue\/grey thread with orange tips. Epoxy is applied in 3-4 very thin layers built up over time to give the perfect Sexyloops finish.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_161\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-161\" style=\"width: 840px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/HT8_full.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-161\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/HT8_full-1024x258.jpg\" alt=\"The complete HT8\" width=\"840\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/HT8_full-1024x258.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/HT8_full-300x76.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/HT8_full-768x194.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/HT8_full-1200x303.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-161\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The complete HT8<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The most common custom builds for the HT8 are for Snake Rings and\/or your name on the rod. The blank itself has four types of carbon, but the rest is a secret!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Holger asked me yesterday for more details on the build and appearance of the latest HT8 model. This is the\u00a0flag ship model that we stock. Sexyloops has its\u00a0own cork grips made in Portugal using the slightly thicker\u00a0Full Wells grip that we like with a small fighting butt. The cork quality is immaculate. The reel seat &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/2016\/11\/01\/the-ht8-build\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The HT8 Build&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":158,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":162,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155\/revisions\/162"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}