I've been waiting a long time to see this thread. Very nice bunch of reel's here.
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Posts: 90 11/13/2008 22:38 |
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Posts: 97 11/13/2008 23:04 |
Dean , I wouldn't bother with a photo-tent your inside shots are great .
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Posts: 51 11/14/2008 08:19 |
Talking about Dapping - look a this www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLPlJGcwXc0
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Posts: 137 11/14/2008 10:44 |
I've been trying to find the time to post on this thread but work has been consuming.
I found this 2 1/2" reel interesting because most of the reels of this style I have seen have been mostly brass, this reel being mostly alloy with brass spindle and posts. I would be interested in knowing the maker and the era if possible, maybe Slater early 1900's?. 
I am surprised that the smallest Abel reel has not been posted here, although just a novelty it is actually a working reel, probably wouldn't hold a couple of yards of line. The Holbrow reel looks like a salmon reel compared to the Abel. 
Also, I realized that some of these reels were used on longer rods for dapping but it almost would seem that, with the large numbers of smaller brass and alloy reels around, there must have been shorter rods from the early part of the century but mostly all that we see are 9', 10' and longer. |
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Posts: 52 11/15/2008 02:14 |
What a fine little reel !
The backplate seems to be Ebonite with a Nickel Silver rim - and the reel looks very very Scottish to me. Malloch in Perth would be my qualified guess. If the fromt had been brass (or ebonite as well) I would have said just before/around the turn of the century (1880-1900) but with the aluminium front I would say later - 1910-20 ? Reeldane |
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Posts: 138 11/15/2008 06:10 |
Actually the entire reel body & spool is alloy.
Holbrow & Co. 40 Duke Street St James London places this reel somewhere between 1895 & 1950, it would be nice to narrow it down a lot closer. 
Also has a nice check, maybe this can help I D the maker. 
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Posts: 139 11/15/2008 11:10 |
Horsesho - The O D of the frame is 2 1/2" and the reel foot is 2 9/16".
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Dustnstuff |
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Posts: 255 11/15/2008 14:22 |
Thought I'd add a few small brass reels to brighten up your day. The dark raised pillar is a H.H. Kiffe next to a Tom Norton. Middle two anti fouls are a
French Maison Anglaise and a D.S. & K. The bottom one is a Holbrow. I hope you enjoy them.
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Posts: 53 11/19/2008 19:33 |
Hey reelsmith, does this look familiar? thats the smallest size we did too 1 1/4 inch model no 11B "American reel" c1880 or model 15 as per the
1888 catalogue that my reel is sitting on. Oh and your handle is the wrong way up too judging by the picture and my reel. dder's 2 5/8 alloy is a Heaton
and so is Dustnstuff's Tom Norton. I think reeldane's collar winch stands a chance of being one of ours too.
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Posts: 54 11/19/2008 20:07 |
One of Reuben's finest, a model 62 fishermans plate reel 2 1/4 inch nickle silver and ebonite c1885. A little rarer than some reels.
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2 1/4" 60 Yd. Climax Multiplying Reel | #111 | ||
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Posts: 252 06/07/2009 04:23 |
2 1/4" from pillar to pillar, that is:
A very smooth running bone-handled LHW multiplier that I picked up a little bit ago. One of the screws at the reel foot is a replacement, but other than that, the reel looks pretty clean. I thought it was brass- I think at least a few of the parts are, like parts of the handle and the click button on the other side- but apparently it's aluminum. It weighs 4.5 oz. on my digital scale. The name "The Climax" is stamped on the bottom of the reel foot at one side of the foot, and "Regist. Pat." on the other side. I don't see a number. The top of the reel foot is stamped in the center with a "60", which is a reference to the amount of casting line it can hold, I'm given to understand. I've been looking on-line for info about these reels, and what I've found indicates that in the USA, the "Climax" model of fishing reels was originally made by U.S. Net & Twine in the late 19th century, later taken over by Montague early in the 20th century. Long story short, I just listed this reel as part of a combination with a bamboo fly rod on...you can guess where. It being a LHW reel, and me being a lefty who reels with his right, I thought it would make a nice addition to a particularly willowy little vintage brookie rod for 3-4 weight line, for use on sheltered headwaters streams of the type that I no longer have easy access to since my move West. It's true, it really is windier out here, and it takes a more robust taper than an 8 1/2' 3 weight to get a cast across. Anyway, I thought, "well, let's have an a~ction"...perhaps a rash move, since I've since read that this reel could possibly be more than 100 years old. But, someone has bid, and once a bid is down, I don't pull a~ctions without a good cause. So, just in case anyone out there is interested- the reel above is in play, as part of a set with a bamboo rod. I'll soon be putting up more detailed photos of both sides of the reel.
"I can't not believe in a creator. The birds sing too beautifully and the trout are too speckled." John Martyn 1948-2009
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