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 ttrotter |
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Posts: 1069 05/13/2009 17:49 Moderator |
Seems several Dingley reels are showing up in various places with replacement handles, and sellers are either not aware or chose to ignore it in their
listings. Here is what an original Dingley handle looks like: (actual handle material may vary between ivorine, ernoid, ebonite, etc.).
Just an FYI- caveat emptor
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bow river |
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Posts: 1416 05/13/2009 19:03 |
tom
thats great , and everyone should also look and the handles on any dingley i have ever had '' 70'' also sits in a brass tub and the handle post is a screwed and not solid like hardy reels , i did have a couple very old ones with the greenish crazed handles ,
Richard
Check out my web site for vintage reels & rods , guided float trips on canada's # 1 best trout river http://bowriveradventures.googlepages.com/home |
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Posts: 2794 05/13/2009 21:08 Admin |
Go, Tom! You're spot on. Interestingly, there are are simply NO variations. All Dingley handles conform to this pattern & have screw-type spindles with
a brass tub. Any Dingley found with a Hardy-type handle has a replacement handle.
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Posts: 133 05/14/2009 03:43 |
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any particular line in what handle the diff. models have - or is it just what was in the box that day...... ? Heinz 
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Posts: 1070 05/14/2009 06:51 Moderator |
Maybe what the customer wanted? or what was in the box that day!
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Posts: 2796 05/14/2009 08:16 Admin |
I've found nothing definite about when handle colors shifted from white (or faux ivory) to black. Dingley reel handles probably made the transition around
the same time as Hardy, but not necessarily. In general, from the 1930s on, handles were black. But I own several gorgeous Dingleys from the late 30s that have
original white handles. The period of "transition" for Dingley reels from white to black seems to have lasted more than a decade.
I personally haven't seen any white-handled Dingleys from the very late 1930s on... |
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scottishtrout |
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Posts: 69 05/15/2009 10:45 |
 Hmmm... I thought these to be Ernest a little later
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Posts: 640 05/15/2009 12:38 Reclusive! Like J D Salinger |
In true Alnwick tradition, once you know something someone comes along and proves you wrong
[Mr G, how soon we forget!!  ]
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Posts: 2804 05/15/2009 13:28 Admin |
The moment you render an opinion around here, everyone piles on! Thanks for the examples. May we conclude that black AND white handles were used on Dingleys
throughout a 40-year period? :-)
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Posts: 173 05/15/2009 14:58 |
pcg wrote:Possibly a good assumption... 
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Posts: 2806 05/15/2009 15:31 Admin |
Dennis, if that's an original box, is it marked in any way?
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dennis.fiberglassflyro... |
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Posts: 174 05/15/2009 16:00 |
pcg wrote:No markings. The top was originally sealed with a paper tab. Cannot confirm it is original to the reel -- the PO said his father had it stored in a cupboard for a long time. May be more than you want to know -- but it is two piece construction, stapled, one part is made from A flute and the other from B flute corrugated. (from my work in the packaging business) Dennis |
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winston59 |
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Posts: 107 05/15/2009 22:36 |
I thought I read a few replies back that the green knobs where from earlier reels.. Here is my Dingley reel.
Brass ring line guard and it is heavy.  
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Connolly |
Caveat Emptor to you... | #13 | ||
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Posts: 43 05/15/2009 23:33 |
PURE speculation Gents.
Just like they say: A fish story (reel story) without documentation/provenance is just a story! It is what fisherman do. Awaiting the definite provenance, Tom and Patrick. Markets are not entities arsing out of the blue moon. Maidens create them as they travel from one garage sale to another...... Greg "Eventually all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The River was cut by the World's great Flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time... Under the rocks are the words and some of the words are theirs." Maclean |
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Posts: 269 05/16/2009 14:57 |
If we were able to discuss "places of origin" like mature adults I doubt that as a younger naive member I would have been allowed to have spent the
dough...Anyways a Dingley reel handle should not look like this "Like New" reel.
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dder |
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Posts: 269 05/16/2009 23:18 |
I feel for you Flyman Dan. I bought a Horseshoe Westley Richards with a riveted handle,fine to use but not so good for resale,so know the feeling. Nice reel
still and yours has an agate too so can see putting a handle on it too keep her spinning. I was happy to hear that the green handles are ok,I hope you were,nt
kidding Rich.I got a couple of them too. I guess collecting Dingleys isn,t all roses,I,ve got pricked a bit too. I,m looking forward to the book on Dingleys as
will sort some of this out and help us guys out. This forum has a lot of info as well and has helped me a lot. Just need to remember info and study pic,s ,not
everyone knows or tells everyhing all the time. Thanks for info on handles . Daryl
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bow river |
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Posts: 1422 05/17/2009 12:05 |
flyman dan
oh yes i remember seeing that reel , a wonderfull dingley with red agate , and yes i remember you pulling the trigger finger fast on it and then finding out the handle was not correct and was not a screw post but solid post for the handle and the worse is ,it's sitting in a tub , just not brass , i keep looking and hoping to find a broken reel for cheep so you can switch it back over , they just don't come up , a good reel to fish with and even to collect as lots of finish on it , if you could just get that handle and correct tub , someday one will show up
Richard
Check out my web site for vintage reels & rods , guided float trips on canada's # 1 best trout river http://bowriveradventures.googlepages.com/home |
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Posts: 270 05/18/2009 00:06 |
I've been looking for the post and tub too...seems like an impossible task thus far. It is always good to have friends helping with a search thought to
say the least!
Yeah...I shot that one down probably a second after it was up. Right after Flymandan could be seen doing a fast paced victory lap around the neighborhood. Then when I returned to my house some emails were shot off in my excitement letting a few of you know of the find. The emails that were received in reply stating that I got burned quickly turned the tears on since the reel was my College graduation present. If I can't learn from here then I'm not sure where I can learn from. |
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Posts: 436 05/18/2009 08:15 |
FlymanDan wrote: FlymanDan, if I were in your situation, I would take my next $200.00 and go for a white handle Walker Bampton (WB), use the handle to "authenticate" your Dingley and have Highfields send a replacement to fit the WB. Maybe then auction the WB on yabe to recover some of your cost or just keep it as a spare, they make good spares. You need to think that you bought the toughest things to replace on your reel, the handle is a mere inconvenience, that's all.
Last Edited By: MFRS 05/18/2009 08:21.
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ttrotter |
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Posts: 1078 05/18/2009 08:52 Moderator |
FlymanDan, I think MFRS offers good advice here. Your reel is just spectacular, and with a little more investment and effort you might feel a lot better about
it. If that beauty of a reel was mine, I would not rest until it was made "right"! The actual handle material looks to be a beautiful piece of real
Ivory? I'm sure Bill Archuleta would help with the replacement once you have secured the parts- you might want to give him try.
http://www.archuletasreelworks.com/ Best of luck to you in your quest and I congratulate you on the acquisition of this fine reel. You have a keeper! Regards, Tom |
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Posts: 142 05/18/2009 09:13 |
I think that is an excellent idea. |
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