FishFishWish wrote:
The anti-reverse on this reel appears to be better than some other reels of the era. There is very little (almost none) back wind. The anti-reverse ratchet is on the pinion shaft. I've seen this arrangement on other reels but the more common arrangement is one the main gear. I wonder if there are any advantages to this approach.
advantage is, drag load doesn't get transferred to the main gear/pinion interface.. so this is technically superior. However the advantage is nullified when people just crank on the gears to retrieve against resistance, instead of pumping the rod. So it's not as much better in practice..
Those Daisy-era Heddons always make me feel young again ;-)
never owned one, but several friends fished them.. handsome old reel