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Bud
Re: Show us your Medal
Post 01 Sep 2013, 10:35 • #26 
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It's been stripped
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j+mflies
Re: Show us your Medal
Post 09 Sep 2013, 08:48 • #27 
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I'm ashamed to admit that I just discovered these reels. I bought my first two courtesy of eBay . They are a little banged up here and there but for twenty bucks a piece I figured why not?

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standman
Re: Show us your Medal
Post 18 Sep 2013, 08:52 • #28 
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I'll have to collect my Medals together for a group photo. I have representatives of 1492, 1494, 1494 1/2, 1495, 1495 1/2, and 1496 1/2. One thing I've noted during my collection of Medalists, there's not an ugly one in the bunch. Even the scabbed, scraped, and well worn members all have an admirable look to them.
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caseywise
Re: Show us your Medal
Post 19 Sep 2013, 19:54 • #29 
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heres a couple of mine :D
1492
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1494
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1495
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jeffsod
Re: Show us your Medal
Post 19 Sep 2013, 20:59 • #30 
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myfly
Re: Show us your Medal
Post 24 Sep 2013, 20:57 • #31 
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jeffsod wrote:
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GREAT collection Jeff :P
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Dylan
Re: Show us your Medal
Post 25 Sep 2013, 08:16 • #32 
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myfly wrote:
jeffsod wrote:
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GREAT collection Jeff :P

Ditto that! Great photo also!
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stiles
Re: Show us your Medal
Post 25 Sep 2013, 12:47 • #33 
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How about an unfished, boxed 1495:
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Flyguy
Re: Show us your Medal
Post 25 Sep 2013, 21:41 • #34 
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Does this count? ImageImageImage
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Glass Enthusiast
Re: Show us your Medal
Post 26 Sep 2013, 10:36 • #35 
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stiles wrote:
How about an unfished, boxed 1495:

so thats hat they look like when they're new! :hat
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Colston Newton
Re: Show us your Medal
Post 26 Sep 2013, 20:26 • #36 
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I was going to put up a group shot of mine (1494, 1494 1/2, 1495, 1496, 1496 1/2 and 1498) until I saw Grassinglass's post.
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carlz
Re: Show us your Medal
Post 05 Dec 2019, 20:08 • #37 
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Maybe I'll redo some of my old Photobucket pics.
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Skeet6
Re: Show us your Medal
Post 06 Dec 2019, 18:34 • #38 
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Flyguy wrote:
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Absolutely!
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Stonefly
Re: Show us your Medal
Post 10 Dec 2019, 16:12 • #39 
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Location: Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
This is a 1494 1/2DA Medalist I just picked up on ebay.I already had 2 1494 1/2AK versions but I wanted one made in the USA.Both AKs are in excellent condition so I think Ill have to sell one.Image


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Newfydog
Re: Show us your Medal
Post 10 Dec 2019, 16:46 • #40 
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Nothing fancy here, though one of them was my first fly reel. Sometimes when I've had a few drinks I cruise the internet for medalists in good shape for under $30.

DA's, CJ's some AK's, they all hold line and work.
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Shrimpman
Re: Show us your Medal
Post 11 Dec 2019, 09:33 • #41 
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I recently received this circa 1930's 1494 with dual pawls, bronze spindle, and unfortunately (?) an undisclosed replacement anodized black reel foot. The frame seems to have original paint, but I suspected the spool face may have been repainted, though the arbor has the usual silk line varnish residue. I know that the paint of the earlier ones, and consequent wear, was inconsistent ( not including the earlier leaded finish).
It is has zero spool play and the drag is strong.

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Now I at least have 1494 ringers with pawl and plate drives:

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Stonefly
Re: Show us your Medal
Post 11 Dec 2019, 12:46 • #42 
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Shrimpman-Your 1494 reel foot may be from a late AK model.
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Shrimpman
Re: Show us your Medal
Post 11 Dec 2019, 20:58 • #43 
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Thanks for the suggestion! The foot is 1/8" shorter, very thin, and more radiused than the factory ones I've seen, plus it is straight , not angled at each end.

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jhuskey
Re: Show us your Medal
Post 11 Dec 2019, 22:29 • #44 
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I have a OnePfoot that looks exactly like that.
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bulldog1935
Re: Show us your Medal
Post 11 Dec 2019, 23:07 • #45 
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yes, that looks like the OnePfoot
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These are a whole lot stronger than the original alloy feet, which had a tendency to break out the corners.
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only made for a few months in 1935 (probably ended in court with Hardy)
horseshoe-latch Gem
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The four Medalists in the lower corner are pre-'35 1494 and 1492 click-pawl, '36 1394, and 1937 1st patent drag 1494.
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cheffy
Re: Show us your Medal
Post 11 Dec 2019, 23:21 • #46 
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Trev
Re: Show us your Medal
Post 11 Dec 2019, 23:45 • #47 
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The working group from the tackle bag
One's not a medalist, but is Pflueger.

edit to swap my file in place of photo bucket


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Shrimpman
Re: Show us your Medal
Post 12 Dec 2019, 00:02 • #48 
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jhuskey wrote:
I have a OnePfoot that looks exactly like that.


Which is why I didn't complain to the unaware seller—I know those weren't exactly free. :)
I would prefer the reel be all original, but maybe some day I will get a painted brass foot off a junker reel and sell the pfoot. It's too bad the Sal-Trout feet are pinned!
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Grouse
Re: Show us your Medal
Post 22 Dec 2019, 19:42 • #49 
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Repost required. Up with FFR. Down with photobucket.
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bulldog1935
Re: Show us your Medal
Post 23 Dec 2019, 07:25 • #50 
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People have control over their choices, and this empty thread is a pretty good example of rash choices, which, when you think about it, may be the stuff the internet is made of.
Rash choices made by photobucket, and rash choices made by free photobucket subscribers.
Photobucket couldn't think their way out of an income dearth caused by ad blockers better than trying to scare subscribers into giving them money (and asking for stupid subscription prices - if they had required $12/yr from everybody all along, maybe given them a free trial first, would never have gotten there).
Scared subscribers, wanting to hurt photobucket, deleted their free accounts - they didn't hurt photobucket, they hurt themselves and us.
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The good news, Tom has the time and Admin has the skill to make this upgrade to FFR and keep a great archive alive.


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