The original one had a better balance, maybe leave the body and just edit the bend on the last 2/3rds of the rod. I think I was misleading on the last request. I meant progressive as in bend more and more towards the end but in a smooth way, imagine a heavy weight on the end.
Again the Text, an improvement, but somewhere in between would be more pleasing. I like the Pipe style texts with not too many sharp edges. We're going in the right direction for sure. The Greens can be really bright - the site uses a lot of standard bright orange, green and blue against the black background.