I bought a wire cage, strap over tension regulator Dingley reel this week with a bone handle and brass line guard. It is a beautiful 3 1/4" reel stamped
Westley Richards however,it has a plated, brass foot. I am now thinking that the foot is a replacement and am considering returning it. Did these circa
1930-40's Dingleys ever have anything other than a brass foot? The screws don't look correct and the underside of the foot pillars look like they have
been messed with. I hate to return it 'cause it is a really cool reel but if the foot is a replacement I will. I hope Richard and you other Dingley guys
will respond with your opinions. Thanks, Gary.
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Posts: 691 06/17/2008 10:42 |
Gary, pictures would really help a lot. If you have trouble posting them, send me a pm and I'll give you my email address and post them for you.
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Posts: 696 06/17/2008 10:52 |
Tom,
Gary posted some Dingley photos last evening as a test under "Techical Support." I am guessing, a pure guess, that those are the reel although they may not help. Charlie |
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Posts: 692 06/17/2008 11:08 |
Got em, Charlie. Thanks.
Gary, I cant tell from the pics whether or not its a replacement. I will say that Ive got several D's which have the same reel foot attachment configuration ( the 2 post rather than one thick post) and I dont think mine are replacements. Bow River and Bulldog need to weigh in here, but it may require some more pics. Sorry, I couldnt be more help. |
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Posts: 5853 06/17/2008 11:24 Bulldog1935 |
no offense, photos are not sharp, but I suspect it is an original brass foot that somebody decided to nickel plate. Maybe they had electroless nickel around
and decided to play with it.
I have seen Dingley reels with nickel-silver feet, but these usually look like yellow metal (which they are), but it may be possible to polish one to bright. obviously not the same-shaped foot, but this is a nickel-silver Dingley foot. 
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Posts: 1587 06/17/2008 14:17 |
And I too have a couple two-post feet on Dingleys, including the Struan reel--a Dingley copyrighted version. Sharper photos would sure help!
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Posts: 5859 06/17/2008 15:00 Bulldog1935 |
OK, here is another Westley Richards - this one has a blued foot
 
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Posts: 376 06/17/2008 18:47 |
Charlie and Tom, you are correct. The pics under the Tech Support are of the reel. Hopefully, here are some that are crisper.
I have a new camera and am still struggling with it but progress is being made. Thanks, Gary. |
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Posts: 44 06/18/2008 00:57 |
  I couldn,t get pic,s to show but will post a pic of some with
brass and 2 with nickle silver feet. hope this helps. Too best of my knowledge there original feet.
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Posts: 594 06/18/2008 23:52 |
any dingley that i have had all had brass feet , the newer ones from when the son had the shop the brass was not as nice i think
on my reels some were the dark blue but thats just tarnish from all the years gone by , i can't find your reel picture to see what it looks like , but if it's like daryl reels feet then thats what most of mine are , very easy to clean up to look like a new foot , gary send me a picture to my home email address dutchflythebow@yahoo.ca ,, hold onto the reel yet as i'm sure it can be cleaned to the orignal brass
Richard
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Posts: 378 06/19/2008 09:51 |
Richard, the new pictures of the reel are two posts above yours. If you can't get them, let me know an I will email them to you. Thanks, Gary.
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Posts: 1593 06/19/2008 10:08 |
Here's a Dingley "Struan" with the same "silver" foot. I own several of these with these non-brass feet.
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Posts: 5871 06/19/2008 13:48 Bulldog1935 |
I have a 3-3/4" Bampton with lead-finished alloy foot.
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Posts: 595 06/19/2008 21:26 |
well look at that foot , first dingley i seen with not a brass foot,
and about time you put that reel up for us to have a look at pat , nice handle on it ,
Richard
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Posts: 1595 06/19/2008 21:41 |
Richard, here are a couple more of the same reel... the apparent "wear" on the backside is far worse in the photo than in reality. Foot is 2
5/8" in length & the reel a 3 1/4-incher.
 
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