Hi Paul I know you have my book and if you look on page 22 it shows examples of reels with chamfered edges.
Its not a "boys reel" they tended to be smaller, single handle one piece wood construction and a simpler foot and strap arrangement made from one piece of flimsy steel or brass bent to form a foot. The earliest example I have seen of a boys reel is the Allcocks circa 1890.
Stef
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Re: A Reel Antique
I love the bone handles. I've wondered from time to time why bone isn't more common and appears to have died out. It's a material that has always been readily available, inexpensive and that working folk were used to using. It also last centuries, as witnessed by a visit to any Museum with a Neolithic or prisoner of war folk art collection.
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Re: A Reel Antique
Mine is chamferedStefanDuma wrote: ↑Fri Aug 10, 2018 6:17 am Well there we go two reels and in my opinion part of a production run of some sort.
Is the drum plate chamfered on both models?
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Hi Paul, Mr Clueless here! Can you tell me what chamfered means and is my reel chamfered, as I cannot see a difference between your reel and mine?Paul F wrote: ↑Fri Aug 10, 2018 4:19 pmMine is chamferedStefanDuma wrote: ↑Fri Aug 10, 2018 6:17 am Well there we go two reels and in my opinion part of a production run of some sort.
Is the drum plate chamfered on both models?
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Re: A Reel Antique
Ted, You need to take the spool off, the back plate of the spool the outside edge will either be square cut, or have a taper to it (chamfered)Lea Dweller wrote: ↑Fri Aug 10, 2018 4:35 pmHi Paul, Mr Clueless here! Can you tell me what chamfered means and is my reel chamfered, as I cannot see a difference between your reel and mine?Paul F wrote: ↑Fri Aug 10, 2018 4:19 pmMine is chamferedStefanDuma wrote: ↑Fri Aug 10, 2018 6:17 am Well there we go two reels and in my opinion part of a production run of some sort.
Is the drum plate chamfered on both models?
Stef
I hope that helps