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MrJesse34
Post 31 May 2022, 19:32 • #1 
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Bought this baby online. Got a great deal. Feels like hardy made magnesium but not the mark series. Earlier? Any info please share! Pics below.
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bulldog1935
Post 01 Jun 2022, 05:53 • #2 
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no, I don't believe that is magnesium. Looks like a check variation on the Viscount frame.
What you have there may be the Last Hardy-made Battenkill.

The Battenkill Mk were magnesium.
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MrJesse34
Post 01 Jun 2022, 06:40 • #3 
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I wonder if there is a way to tell? The reel frame certainly looks the same color as my other Mark series reels (I have a 3 and 4 currently). Both the reel body and the spool feel like that brittle, light, magnesium feel of the mark series. Also, weren't the Hardy Viscount reels made of magnesium (Maybe some of them only?) . I remember reading some of the Viscount and Battenkill Mark spools are interchangeable.
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carlz
Post 01 Jun 2022, 06:47 • #4 
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Here is an old topic (unfortunately a lot of the photos were lost).
viewtopic.php?f=4&t=7499

Is that spring original?

Is it light enough to be magnesium?
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bulldog1935
Post 01 Jun 2022, 08:16 • #5 
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can't tell by color, because they're both anodized (thin type I)

One way to tell for sure, find a bare spot inside the frame and touch a q-tip dipped in vinegar.
Magnesium will react vigorously (aluminum won't react).
Chase it with soap and don't rinse the soap if it's magnesium (rinse the soap if aluminum).
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MrJesse34
Post 01 Jun 2022, 10:23 • #6 
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Bulldog, excellent tip as usual. I'll do this when I get back from fishing it Fri.
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doug in co
Post 07 Jun 2022, 23:04 • #7 
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my guess is aluminum, fairly sure my Hardy Viscount is alu.. but will be interested to read the result of the test..
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MrJesse34
Post 10 Jun 2022, 19:03 • #8 
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You guys were both right. Did bulldogs test just now. No reaction.

Just got this battenkill. Also hardy made. Lightweight clone? Heavier than the original reel I posted above.
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El Duderino
Post 10 Jun 2022, 22:17 • #9 
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That’s a nice looking reel. I didn’t realize there were so many iterations of the Battenkill. What do the internals look like?
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kimosabe131
Post 11 Jun 2022, 04:21 • #10 
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The 2nd reel looks great...metal spindle hub cap instead of the usual black plastic one.
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arknymph
Post 11 Jun 2022, 08:56 • #11 
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That first reel is very interesting.
It isn’t numbered(III,IV,V), and the Battenkills I have use the typical hardy hairpin spring, or the circular spring like your second reel.
I wonder if that is a very early model of the Hardy Battenkill.

Tim
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