The invention discloses a pure air gap arrester. The pure air gap arrester comprises a discharge counter, a discharge counter frame, a suspension beam below the discharge counter frame, an arrester main body, an upper gap rod, a fixing universal hook, a lower gap rod, an insulator, and a connection wire mounting hole, wherein the arrester main body and the insulator are arranged in parallel; both the upper gap rod and the lower gap rod are made of, by weight, carbon fiber 40%, high-carbon graphite 40%, copper powder 5%, white steel powder 5% and conductive resin 30% by pressing, wherein the carbon fiber is in a bar-like, round, octagonal, elliptical or ovale shape. The pure air gap arrester provided by the invention has the advantages of long service life, high stability, high strength, low specific gravity, light weight, and high resistance to heat, corrosion and radiation.