Rough age of this fishing rod?

Wondering if anybody can give me a rough date of when this rod could have been made. It's 48" long and made entirely out of steel. No Mark's on it at all as far as I can see.

 

One picture of the handle & reel attachment area is very little to go on. Is the handle cork, wood. . .?

This article will at least give you a bit of history & a jumping off point for you to figure out what you might have:

http://www.badgersportsman.com/features/columnists/looking-back/2017-10-23-steel-fishing-rods

Unless it is marked with a sought-after name, they are sadly worth very little.

 

Thanks for the reply Wisc. The value of it is little concern to me. The handle is Cork and the metal poles are pretty much fused together.It came with an inglis shakespear true blue attached to it but that was in great condition compared to the rod itself. I'm just trying to find a rough age

 

I would guess, since it is very similar to ones my father grew up with, that is would fall between the end of The Great Depression and the start of the US entering WWII.

 

I'll do some looking around and see what I can find. It's good to know where to start, thanks again Wisc

 

30's to early 40's for a steel rod and cast thumb grip reel handle. Late 40's to 50's the thumb grip reel handels were starting to be from cast aluminum.