When I saw it advertised with the dimensions, it was hard in my mind to imagine how big it was to be, until it arrived.
I was very interested in the three floats it came with, in particular a very early Zephyr 8A paper float circa 1920's
The only problem, it is too big for my display cabinet, so it resides on my TV stand shelf.
13 3/4" long x 4" wide with bone rollers, probably made from rose wood.
I unwound the floats, to see what tackle was attached, and my guess the almost 11" swan quill on thick strong gut, with a wire gimp hook trace, and the 10" Porcupine quill on a silk trace with a short gut fine hook length are original and circa around 1900, the Zephyr 8A has a very early label, so will be circa 1920-25, so added a little later?
Just to compare, the giant alongside a typical standard winder, half the size.
Alongside another large winder of 10", with 2 early giant Nottingham sliders, circa 1890
An early advert for Zephyr floats in a book published in 1920
