Ton Graphite?

[Bassboss]

Abu emailed me back, here's what they said!

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In actuality, the IM rating a customer sees on a blank is somewhat a
myth. There truly is no such thing as an IM7, 8, 9, etc. blank. The term
"IM" came from a graphite company that was making different blanks, and
on the sixth attempt they made one that felt good, hence the term IM6.
Since then, the trademark has passed on that name and the rod companies
have somewhat bastardized that, claiming 7, 8, 9 etc.

The true rating of graphite is Million Modulus (US standard) or Tonnage
(world standard). Even million modulus has been somewhat over blown in
the last few years; but, generally gives a close comparison. Tonnage is
the one remaining rating nobody has thrown to the wolves as of yet.

If you compared Tonnage to the old IM6 from the first company, the 24
Ton blank is a fair comparison. There was no IM7 or IM8 so it's harder
to compare; however, similar to that marketing the true tonnage gets
higher and lighter. So the 30 Ton blank is lighter than the 24, 36
lighter than a 30 and so on.