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Hardy "Eureka" 3 1/2 inch.
Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2020 7:41 pm
by AshbyCut
If you have seen my latest post in the Hardy Rods thread ... you will understand why I couldn't resist adding this reel to my tackle box !
I already had a 4 inch version of the last evolution of this reel, so grabbed at the chance of a near-mint example of the 3 1/2 inch version.
These reels were available only between 1953 and 1956, I believe, and can be distinguished by the ratchet being engaged by a rotating knob on the back plate rather than a lever mechanism.
Roll on the 2021/2 season !!!
(More photos to follow)
Re: Hardy "Eureka" 3 1/2 inch.
Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2020 7:51 pm
by Ambidexman
What a cracker! Beautiful reel and a lovely find
Re: Hardy "Eureka" 3 1/2 inch.
Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2020 7:38 am
by Tengisgol
That is lovely Mal!
Re: Hardy "Eureka" 3 1/2 inch.
Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2020 11:47 am
by ReelMaker
Good morning fellow friends,I had noticed the mint Hardy reel on the Quality Vintage Tackle website thinking that the best I’ve ever seen just checking it’s just been sold,I guess to Mal lucky gent ,I spend a lot of time checking these websites an obsession I think,it passes the time in lockdown.Reelmaker
Re: Hardy "Eureka" 3 1/2 inch.
Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2020 1:41 pm
by AshbyCut
Re: Hardy "Eureka" 3 1/2 inch.
Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2020 2:09 pm
by ReelMaker
That’s as good as new .enjoy with the Hardy Roach rod Reelmaker
Re: Hardy "Eureka" 3 1/2 inch.
Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2020 8:29 pm
by Wallys-Cast
Nice combo Mal, I look forward to giving it a good work out at the OGP's next time we meet up.
Stay safe old pal.
Wal.
Re: Hardy "Eureka" 3 1/2 inch.
Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2020 10:29 am
by Aquaerial
One of my favorite coarse reels Mal, I have several but I've never seen one in that condition
Keep well
Mike
Re: Hardy "Eureka" 3 1/2 inch.
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2021 7:58 pm
by OhMyGoodness
I'm pretty sure that this reel is the post_war version. Pre_war models had curved writing on the backplate and lever check. The earliest models from late '20's early '30's had a cut_out in the cage, because they didn't have an exposed rim, for braking purposes, plus the holes in the front face were not all the same size. Bernard venables fished with one so can't be bad.
Re: Hardy "Eureka" 3 1/2 inch.
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2021 8:03 pm
by AshbyCut
OhMyGoodness wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 7:58 pm
I'm pretty sure that this reel is the post_war version. Pre_war models had curved writing on the backplate and lever check. The earliest models from late '20's early '30's had a cut_out in the cage, because they didn't have an exposed rim, for braking purposes, plus the holes in the front face were not all the same size. Bernard venables fished with one so can't be bad.
Yes, Sir ... as I said in my original post "These reels were available only between 1953 and 1956, I believe, and can be distinguished by the ratchet being engaged by a rotating knob on the back plate rather than a lever mechanism."
