Ambidex de-luxe

[Loop Erimder]

What a lovely pair

[Ade76]

All reunited again, original pigskin-leather bag, spare spool,oil bottle and spanner

[Nobby]

Blimey, a special case just for it and with a pouch for the dodgy little spanner too. Does it read Terry's..? Why does that sound familiar...toolkit on my bicycle possibly??

What a find!

I hope Ambidexman has seen this.

[Ade76]

Yes it does say terrys nobby, the only problem with the spanner is you cant get to the screw on the side plate that is just behind the flyer

[Nobby]

I was right...it was my old bicycle toolkit!

http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/terrys.htm

[Ade76]

So part of the reason this reel was so expensive is because it had a cycle repair spanner worth 3d.
I suppose it was cheaper to buy it at that price than to machine one for such limited numbers of reels sold.

[Nobby]

I think that maybe Terry's were the people to go to for any spanners, I seem to remember they made sets to deal with magnetos on motorcycles, tyre levers and all sorts of other stuff. Maybe it was nothing more than a willingness to take on small production runs?
I like the way they had a special bag made to take the spanner and the oil bottle....very bespoke.

I've never seen such a thing before and I bet it's a long time before we see another.

[Ade76]

Being local to them probably helped aswell, the bag has a leather strap for the spool, is this standard? iv never had a reel case from youngs before.

[Nobby]

I've got an unmarked case that came with an Ambidex and I have handled a few bags written as JW Young, both in leather and 'mock' leather ( naughahide?), but I've never seen a bag with the little extras inside...surely just for the de-luxe.

[Ade76]

Maybe its the earliest version of a man bag, you know tool kit, fishing reel etc
what more could you ask for