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Sandman
Post 23 Sep 2018, 12:10 • #1 
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Never seen one of these. Is that a "panic button" on the back plate? Looks like a heavy reel...Guy isn't asking much, but not sure what I would pair it with...

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bulldog1935
Post 23 Sep 2018, 19:12 • #2 
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that's not the panic button, but a nice Birmingham conventional-frame winding-plate reel - could be Reuben Heaton or Smith & Wall.
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Sandman
Post 23 Sep 2018, 21:25 • #3 
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Thanks Bulldog...makes sense now...I thought it was a fly reel.

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bulldog1935
Post 23 Sep 2018, 23:40 • #4 
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it is a fly reel
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Millward catalog selling the same Heaton reel.
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Sandman
Post 24 Sep 2018, 22:36 • #5 
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Thanks again Bulldog...looks like it would pair well with a Bamboo rod...and clearly I have allot to learn...

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bulldog1935
Post 25 Sep 2018, 05:18 • #6 
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I should have mentioned your example is cool because its a bimetal - alloy frame plates with brass pillars and winding plate.
Hardy sold them as Hercules reels.
Heaton continued to make these right up until the war.
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Sandman
Post 25 Sep 2018, 13:43 • #7 
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I don't have a rod for it, so for me it would be a cool reel for the display/shelf, but at $75 I'll probably hold off.

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Post 25 Sep 2018, 16:53 • #8 
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probably the right collector's price, but not a choice reel to fish.
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