Restoration/refurbishment of split cane rod

[Man of Tanith]

This was my grandfather's rod.
It holds a special place in my heart, it's practically a time machine as this is the rod he gave me to learn with, taught me where I was wrong and generally introduced me to coarse fishing.
I'd dearly love to take it out again and use it.

This said, it's old, some of the eyelets are loose, one of the ferrules comes off with the piece of the rod that has been put into it rather than remaining where it's meant to be.


It feels structurally sound but I am uncertain if this is just my lack of knowledge or genuine.

Has anyone restored one?
Or can recommend me a good but sensible budget level restorer?

 

[Bazzworx]

I restored one of my fathers split cane rods quite a few years ago. I removed the eyes and used a cabinet scraper to remove the old coating. I didn't want to sand it as that may have rounded the angles slightly. I then re whipped the eyes and varnished it with a flexible varnish and fitted an old wooden reel to it also from my dad. We had it hung on the wall in our kitchen for years until we moved house.