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[cool][size 1]Hey guessers,[/size]

[size 1]Can you identify this old reel and the year it was made? This was my first reel that my dad gave me when I was a kid.[/size]

[size 1]I blocked out the name but will include it later.[/size]


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Hey there Dryrod,

Well....The handle knobs don't look like they're made from Wooly Mammoth tusks, so it can't be THAT old!

JapanRon
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[cool][size 1]Hey JapanRon,[/size]

[size 1]Good thought, however the handle knobs are not made out of plastic. The reel was made before plastic really came into its own which was after WWll.[/size]
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That looks like an old Penn. Don't ask me model # cause that was just a lucky guess.
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[font "Arial"][size 2]My guess would be around 1947 and looks like one of these three. Shakespeare, Red River, or Fluger.[/size][/font]
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I think I will agree with byrum, the crank arm is a clasic shakespear design.

I had one at one time and never could figure out how to cast it. I was as new to angling as you can get way back in 64

we had a thin black braded line spooled on it...
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[cool][size 1]Hey guys,[/size]

[size 1]Well it is a Shakespeare reel. There was a clue as to the dating in one of my comments.[/size]
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[cool][size 2]Hey guys,[/size]

[size 2]Might as well put this subject to sleep.[/size]

[size 2]The correct answer is " It is a Shakespeare True Blue Level Winding # 1956 - Model "HF" -Production dates - 10/8/35 -- 2/1/35.[/size]

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Hey there Dryrod,

I was thinking maybe identifying regional lures (old but more newer models) might be interesting and educational too. I've heard of a couple of some hot saltwater lures made down Lousisana way but no pictures! Whahhhhhhhh!

I'll look for them on the net today.

JapanRon
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looks like a shakespre 1940
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