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Another Rare Hardy - Silex Multiplier |
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Posts: 657 05/26/2009 11:30 Reclusive! Like J D Salinger |
Along comes another rare reel, 3 1/2" Silex Multiplier. Where better to archive it than here
Comments, questions and proposals of marriage all considered. 
Enjoy again Brian |
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Posts: 275 05/26/2009 13:01 |
Brian where are you finding all these rare old Hardys,there can,t be many of this reel made either. You got a key to the Royal Museum or something. So is it
silent check or is there a clicker inside ,looking at winding plate looks silent?Nice peice of engineering. whats the wind ratio? Daryl
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Posts: 443 05/26/2009 14:21 |
1924-39 and gearing approx. 2 1/4 to 1 made in sizes 2 3/4 and your salmon size. This is a very unique reel I suspect, the marriage proposal is out but I am
taking a second look at Richards mint 3' Dingley and kinda wondering!!!! As it's not on the market, I will shake off the thought and just say what a
wonderful reel you have there, enjoy as it would be a rarity to any reel collection. So Brian, as you are wandering around looking for Dingley artifacts, is
this the kind of thing you are unearthing?
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Posts: 2865 05/26/2009 14:34 Admin |
Now the other shoe drops... This reel was not made in Alnwick, but in Zurich, Switzerland, by frustrated watch makers who kept being fired after trying to make
watches with LARGE faces. Finally, Hardy Bros. found them sitting in a cafe on a side street and asked meekly, "Any of you like to fish? You do? We've
got this design, see, for a 17-jewel multiplier..."
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Posts: 659 05/26/2009 14:46 Reclusive! Like J D Salinger |
Daryl, like I'd tell you where I find them?
Gary, rejection hurts but if Rich's 3" is all you want . . . and the answer to your question is "Yup!" Pat, it's almost as rare as a Dingley Climax  (should that be re
phrased?)
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Posts: 2866 05/26/2009 16:31 Admin |
Yes, "rare as a Dingley Climax" should be reworded. :-)
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Posts: 444 05/26/2009 16:53 |
enigma309 wrote:Ouch!!! I thought there was some talk about a club for 3" Dingleys owners  ....., Richard!!!! Brian, you just can't come in here with a casting reel
and expect us all to bow to ya, this is a fly rod club ya know.
Last Edited By: MFRS 05/26/2009 17:49.
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Posts: 146 05/26/2009 18:52 |
Nice reel Brian , here's a couple more multipliers another 2 3/4'' Silex multiplier but with a different freespool release and a 3
1/2'' Super Silex. Russ
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Posts: 2867 05/26/2009 19:55 Admin |
Russ: simply amazing. Both look like BMWs.
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Posts: 445 05/26/2009 20:38 |
Nice reels also Russ, thanks for sharing.
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