Iron Strapback Nottingham Reel
Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2024 8:26 pm
About a month ago I bought a bundle of 5 reels in an online auction for just over £20, one of which had caught my eye:
It has an iron strapback (rusty), pinned iron reel foot (wobbly), bone handles, and decades - maybe centuries - of old line on the barrel. I gave it a cursory clean and put it on the shelf.
This week I bought Stefan Duma's book Men of Trent - and spotted my reel's twin on page 150. It has the same handles, the same knurled brass nut, identical circular detail on the face etc.
The reel in Duma's book has an iron pillared drum core and an hourglass barrel within those pillars. Does my reel have the same? I don't know! I still haven't cut the line off. Place your bets now.
It has an iron strapback (rusty), pinned iron reel foot (wobbly), bone handles, and decades - maybe centuries - of old line on the barrel. I gave it a cursory clean and put it on the shelf.
This week I bought Stefan Duma's book Men of Trent - and spotted my reel's twin on page 150. It has the same handles, the same knurled brass nut, identical circular detail on the face etc.
The reel in Duma's book has an iron pillared drum core and an hourglass barrel within those pillars. Does my reel have the same? I don't know! I still haven't cut the line off. Place your bets now.