Guilty pleasures
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Guilty pleasures
Is anyone other than me willing to admit to liking the brown coloured Milward badged centrepins? Or, am I a weird loner?
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I haven’t got one but do admit that I like “their” version of the Trudex.... what is it about that colour...?
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Chocolate ?RBTraditional wrote: ↑Wed Nov 11, 2020 7:00 pm I haven’t got one but do admit that I like “their” version of the Trudex.... what is it about that colour...?
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Re: Guilty pleasures
Wal is being kind! I’m not sure I can do it justice but photos below! The Floatcraft is their Rapidex. As you can see, it’s the early version and I think they are superior to the later version. They also seem to sell for less and I can only think that’s because of the colour!RBTraditional wrote: ↑Wed Nov 11, 2020 7:00 pm I haven’t got one but do admit that I like “their” version of the Trudex.... what is it about that colour...?
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What a beauty! ....and I love the colour 
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That colour makes me think of old tobacco tins and their contents - very vintage.
I like the stylish double use of the M & D in Millward.
I like the stylish double use of the M & D in Millward.
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Re: Guilty pleasures
Somehow Milward always got the old style body to the reel, long after others were supplied with a modified shape. For that matter they got 'wrinkle-finish' paint long after that was discontinued too....and in brown! And their name stamped on, not a badge.
Even when they went over to a Trudex called the Floatcraft MkII they still got the reel in brown, but by then it was an 'ordinary' paint.
Clearly they were favoured customers, maybe?
Even when they went over to a Trudex called the Floatcraft MkII they still got the reel in brown, but by then it was an 'ordinary' paint.
Clearly they were favoured customers, maybe?
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I just have to ask, in the Biblical sense or the modern sense?From "... the wilds of the Wirral, whose wayward people both God and good men have quite given up on ...".
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That’s really interesting Nobby, thanks. Do you know if they carried on using the metal ratchet switch? I’ve seen about half a dozen and they have all had it. One of the reasons I prefer the early type Rapidex/Floatcraft.Nobby wrote: ↑Thu Nov 12, 2020 1:52 pm Somehow Milward always got the old style body to the reel, long after others were supplied with a modified shape. For that matter they got 'wrinkle-finish' paint long after that was discontinued too....and in brown! And their name stamped on, not a badge.
Even when they went over to a Trudex called the Floatcraft MkII they still got the reel in brown, but by then it was an 'ordinary' paint.
Clearly they were favoured customers, maybe?
I’ve still only seen one Floatcraft Mk2 and the brown looks seriously washed out on that.
Phil
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