Thanks, I looked that up and that’s what it is. The little Abu Garcia button in the middle is missing. I may be back though, I still have two more boxes of reels to go through and I found another cabinet of thread and tape today. Much appreciated guys.
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Going through my Dad’s stuff as I posted earlier (about all the rod building stuff). Anyway I found about a dozen old reels. I have been able to identify the ones like Alcedo,Penn, etc. but one has no name. Just a crest like a coat of arms on one side and Made in Sweden on the other. It’s a bait caster. Silver in color. Anyone have any ideas?
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The thing is, I have several hobbies already, plus I still coach wrestling and I do plan to keep things of my parents as you mentioned. A lot of stuff has sentimental value. The problem is I have no place to keep all that rod building stuff or his equipment from his woodworking shop.). My house is modest (4 bed, 2.5 bath) and Dad’s was huge … he had three large workshops in addition to three gara
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Will do, is there a way to post images? There are drawers and drawers of ferrules, thread, tips, butts, reel seats, etc. I hope to find someone within driving distance or that I can meet halfway - there is literally a pickup load of stuff. I would adjust the price for travel in addition to making someone a heck of a deal, it will be priced to sell… throw in some tackle boxes, sinker molds, bunche
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Thank you for your kind words. I wish I had learned more about how to build the rods. Like you said, much knowledge has been lost. Clearing out his house and workshops is an immense task. His home is quite large (7500 sq feet) and chocked full of stuff. He was not a hoarder. It was all neatly arranged, but there is a ton of it. Plus when Mom passed in ‘06 he never got rid of any of her things. Ju
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My Dad passed in May - he was 93. One of his hobbies was crafting rods and working on reels. I inherited quite a bit of components like guides, ferrules, blanks, tips, big spools of winding thread, reel seats, and boxes and boxes of cork, wooden and hypalon(sp?) butts etc as well as a Rod making table a couple of lathes and a line winder with meter. I have plugged them in and they all run. Everyt
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