Would any Venerable TFF ‘ers know of the variations to the Conquest - and in some sort of order - including any special order differences.
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Peter
I appreciate this may have been covered in the many threads regarding this reel but there’s a lot to get through so thought about this short cut.
Hardy Conquest - Variations
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Re: Hardy Conquest - Variations
There are loads of posts about this on the forum. I don't think there has ever been total agreement. The main two, are wheel front and dial back. However, there are numerous variants with different foot designs which seem to support some sort of overlap in date.
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Thankyou MG’s I know there are loads of posts regarding this reel I just found it needed more time to research all the threads and rather than piece it all together thought it a good idea to ask. I was wondering and apart from the foot and dial differences if any conquests ever had a different drum and with ventilation holes put in as I have seen a few now, are they special order or did Hardy actually produce Conquests like this at some point? I have also seen them with at least 3 variations to the handles.MGs wrote: ↑Thu Nov 14, 2019 11:09 am There are loads of posts about this on the forum. I don't think there has ever been total agreement. The main two, are wheel front and dial back. However, there are numerous variants with different foot designs which seem to support some sort of overlap in date.
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Re: Hardy Conquest - Variations
I'm currently waiting on delivery of a conquest from good old fleabay. It's the wheel front version which I believe is the more common version. Wasn't too sure if I actually wanted it but it was a decent price, I think lol.
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I don't think there will ever be resolution to this, unless you can find someone who was working for Hardy across all of the production dates. I've already tried, without any success.
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Remember that some reels - not particularly Hardy - have had additional holes drilled in them by the owners!
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Re: Hardy Conquest - Variations
Watermole has probably given us the answer with his extensive collection of Hardy catalogues.
Surprisingly to me, the Young's type wheel in the hole appears to be the early version and is also the rarer reel
The slightly 'old fashioned' looking shoe brake version, with the ivorine indicator plate on the reel back is the later version. This is all the more peculiar when one considers that it can drag sometimes and that it doesn't work as well as the 'wheel in the hole' either......
From memory the Hardy text didn't talk of the changes, but the photographs seem to indicate the order of manufacture.
I'm uncertain about the foot changes, but imagine the little pressed one to be later that the stylish cast one.
Incidentally, always keeping the patent lawyers busy, Hardy took one out on the spool release lever's little 'tail' that keeps muck out of the latch area.
Surprisingly to me, the Young's type wheel in the hole appears to be the early version and is also the rarer reel
The slightly 'old fashioned' looking shoe brake version, with the ivorine indicator plate on the reel back is the later version. This is all the more peculiar when one considers that it can drag sometimes and that it doesn't work as well as the 'wheel in the hole' either......
From memory the Hardy text didn't talk of the changes, but the photographs seem to indicate the order of manufacture.
I'm uncertain about the foot changes, but imagine the little pressed one to be later that the stylish cast one.
Incidentally, always keeping the patent lawyers busy, Hardy took one out on the spool release lever's little 'tail' that keeps muck out of the latch area.
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Re: Hardy Conquest - Variations
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Incidentally, always keeping the patent lawyers busy, Hardy took one out on the spool release lever's little 'tail' that keeps muck out of the latch area.
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Ah I wondered what that tail was for on my Conquest... actually thought it was a badly positioned lever
Incidentally, always keeping the patent lawyers busy, Hardy took one out on the spool release lever's little 'tail' that keeps muck out of the latch area.
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Ah I wondered what that tail was for on my Conquest... actually thought it was a badly positioned lever
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Re: Hardy Conquest - Variations
Thanks all for the input - as MG’s has said - unless we can find an ex Hardy staff member around during the production dates we shall probably never get the whole picture.
Peter
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