ID help please.

[StalkingLuke]

I put in a cheap bid for this reel on ebay and surprisingly won it. It has a diameter of 4 1/2 inches, I think it's made from pressed steel and seems like it came from a budget range. It has a slight buckle which I may try to correct but otherwise a good cheap usable reel.
Does anybody have any more information please?

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Thanks
Luke

[Nobby]

That's an Allcocks Black Knight, Luke. Its deep arbour making it popular for sea fishing as it holds so much line.

[StalkingLuke]

Many thanks Nobby, I did wonder with it being so deep. I'm going to pack it out with fly backing and then use it for carp and barbel, although quite a sturdy reel its surprisingly light.
Any idea when it may have been built?
thanks
Luke

[Snape]

Many thanks Nobby, I did wonder with it being so deep. I'm going to pack it out with fly backing and then use it for carp and barbel, although quite a sturdy reel its surprisingly light.
Any idea when it may have been built?
thanks
Luke

There's no need to put backing on a centrepin as the line only ever comes off straight and if there is too much on there you will suffer from it bedding in when line is recovered under tension.

[StalkingLuke]

Snape, if wound straight on to the small diameter will it not make the line coil a little? I've found this with fly lines on small reels in the past.

[Nobby]

True, this is the reason for the current trend for 'large arbor' ( American spelling) reels.


But Snape is right, a strong fish can easily give you line bedding...perhaps you could knock something up with cork? Either a spiral of sheet or perhaps a spice jar top, hollowed out and then cut in half, before being pinned and glued back together on the reel.


I did once see a reel 'filled' with thickish line, then a turn or two of tape before the mainline was wound on....I guess that would be the simplest route...and the quickest and cheapest.

[Snape]

True, this is the reason for the current trend for 'large arbor' ( American spelling) reels.


But Snape is right, a strong fish can easily give you line bedding...perhaps you could knock something up with cork? Either a spiral of sheet or perhaps a spice jar top, hollowed out and then cut in half, before being pinned and glued back together on the reel.


I did once see a reel 'filled' with thickish line, then a turn or two of tape before the mainline was wound on....I guess that would be the simplest route...and the quickest and cheapest.

I have 2 Aerials which have a depth of about 13-15mm which this reel looks like it also has. They each have 3 or 4 mm depth of line on them and I have never had any problems.

I was thinking about Nobby's idea with the cork and thought about the cork flask rings I use in the lab which might be shaped to do the job like these
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=cor ... m270.l1313

[StalkingLuke]

The depth is more like 30mm so quite a lot to build up so I will experiment with the various suggestions, thanks.
Unfortunately my two year old son has just dropped the reel so the small wobble is now larger, I will have to remedy this now as well.