Silber and Fleming, London

[Rod Fisher]

Silber and Fleming Catalogue 1876 (no fishing tackle section)
Silber and Fleming Catalogue 1880 (open to fishing tackle section)
Silber and Fleming Catalogue 1889 (open to fishing tackle section)

[AshbyCut]

What a splendid emporium !!!!! I could spend hours in a place like that !!!

[Wallys-Cast]

What a splendid emporium !!!!! I could spend hours in a place like that !!!

Days, more like.

Wal.

[Duckett]

As something of a lover of travel rods, my eye was immediately drawn to the remarkable sounding 16 foot, 12 joint, common bamboo pocket rod in the 1889 catalogue. You’d need a fair sized pocket for that.

However, can anyone tell me what is meant by “common bamboo”?

Thanks for sharing the links Rod.

Phil

[Catfish.017]

It’s quite clear from this that reels weren’t in common use at that time; dozens ( priced that way too!) of rods advertised but only two winches.

[StefanDuma]

It’s quite clear from this that reels weren’t in common use at that time; dozens ( priced that way too!) of rods advertised but only two winches.

True in this catalogue but this company was a wholesaler of anything. The number of items listed is massive and covers everything. I also note that the reels were sold by the dozen and I would think that specialist tackle shops were not the target market.

Now to choose a new power puff and box!

[Rod Fisher]

As something of a lover of travel rods, my eye was immediately drawn to the remarkable sounding 16 foot, 12 joint, common bamboo pocket rod in the 1889 catalogue. You’d need a fair sized pocket for that.

However, can anyone tell me what is meant by “common bamboo”?

Thanks for sharing the links Rod.

Phil

I should imagine they mean Bambusa vulgaris. I'm not a rod-maker, but I would imagine that some of the disadvantages of the species for most rod-making (not growing very straight, shorter distances between nodes) become less important when making a travel rod where each section is only 1' 4".

[Duckett]

As something of a lover of travel rods, my eye was immediately drawn to the remarkable sounding 16 foot, 12 joint, common bamboo pocket rod in the 1889 catalogue. You’d need a fair sized pocket for that.

However, can anyone tell me what is meant by “common bamboo”?

Thanks for sharing the links Rod.

Phil

I should imagine they mean Bambusa vulgaris. I'm not a rod-maker, but I would imagine that some of the disadvantages of the species for most rod-making (not growing very straight, shorter distances between nodes) become less important when making a travel rod where each section is only 1' 4".

Thanks Rod.

Phil

[Mr B]

If only we could travel back in time...
What a place to visit!!! All very different there now.. Cheapside and Wood St.. just looked it up on Google maps street view.
I thought the Pipe section was very interesting as was everything.
Thanks for posting that.
Mr B.