Penn Trade Reels

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Cleaned up!  Not perfect, but patina is starting to grow on me...battle scares...they say "hey boy, do I have some stories for you!"

Patina makes a collectible interesting. It was made to be used. Mint is always desirable. But there is nothing wrong with Patina.... Nice job bring the old Sears reel back. It looks like it worked hard and deserves a good retirement............<:O)

[coastal_dan]

Thanks all...

Mike - I have 4x of the 11x 304. Higgins models.  These are fun to hunt for...I do have some duplicates but the search continues!

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Mike - I have 4x of the 11x 304. Higgins models.  These are fun to hunt for...I do have some duplicates but the search continues!

The hunt is what it is all about.

[mo65]

!NEWSFLASH! Mo joins Trade Reel Guild

  Hot dog! Finally found a decent deal on a Trade Reel...it's been tough out there. This Surf Angler was dry as the desert sand, just look at the bearing in the first photo. The handle knob had a smear of some cheap latex paint on it, and the second pic shows how my pocket knife scratched it right off. The last two shots are the finished project. This one has that "to die for" patina...that soft copper glow...the bronze showing through paper thin nickle.

[Maxed Out]

You did a great job detailing that reel Mo. Now you'll be forever hooked on those trade reels. I know the feeling well.

[coastal_dan]

Sweet!  Be careful...these little guys are addicting...

[mo65]

   Thanks guys. I can't believe all this time I thought those brown specks on these reel's handle knobs were the wood peeking through scuffs. Not at all! This knob is a plastic. The "pull out" free spool is kinda cool too.

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Thanks guys. I can't believe all this time I thought those brown specks on these reel's handle knobs were the wood peeking through scuffs. Not at all! This knob is a plastic. The "pull out" free spool is kinda cool too. Cool

Those early non-wood knobs are Hard Rubber, not plastic. They are a natural rubber product, the same material used on early Bowling Balls.

Beautiful save on that old Trade Reel. You are now officially addicted to reel collecting.

[George4741]

Here is a Schultz, which is a re-badged Penn LB60.  

Cleaned up!  Not perfect, but patina is starting to grow on me...battle scares...they say "hey boy, do I have some stories for you!"

I couldn't have said it better.  Here is the Schultz cleaned up with all of the original parts.

Sweet!  Be careful...these little guys are addicting...

No kidding!  I've also added a JC Higgins (another LB60) and an Atlantic 14 to my collection.  I like the size of these reels and they also fit nicely into my Long Beach collection.

George

[sdlehr]

George, I have a handle like that on one of my LB's, I think that particular handle dates the reel to '38, but I'm not sure, but that handle is in great shape. Hopefully, Mike will chime in. I may be totally wrong about the year....

Sid

[coastal_dan]

Very nice George! I'd like to get a Schultz at some point, I've bid on a few and always outbid..sometimes only by a buck or two  

I have a soft spot for the J.C. Higgins Reels, three left to go in my little set.  I also love that Sears/J.C. Higgins created some neat fishing accessories from that time as well such as fighting belts, marketing/selling kits and literature, hooks, leader etc...I think they really add to a collection.  I'll see if I can get a photo at some point.

[Tightlines667]

Cool reel.  I too have been trying to aquire one.  I particularly like Brian's early 9/0

John

[mo65]

I think that particular handle dates the reel to '38.

   My '38 LB has that handle too guys...Mike was who identified it for me. Cool reel George!

[sdlehr]

George, what does the left side of that reel look like? I'm guessing plain, the picture plates began either late 38 or early 39, I believe, so this could have either. But you didn't show it, so I'm guessing it's plain I'm assuming Penn changed the left plate of the trade reels the same year they changed the plate of the Penn-branded reels.

Sid

[George4741]

George, what does the left side of that reel look like? I'm guessing plain, the picture plates began either late 38 or early 39, I believe, so this could have either. But you didn't show it, so I'm guessing it's plain I'm assuming Penn changed the left plate of the trade reels the same year they changed the plate of the Penn-branded reels.

Sid

Here it is:

Cool reel.  I too have been trying to aquire one.  I particularly like Brian's early 9/0

John

I also particularly like his 9/0.  I'll bet it is as rare as hens teeth. 

I have a soft spot for the J.C. Higgins Reels, three left to go in my little set.  I also love that Sears/J.C. Higgins created some neat fishing accessories from that time as well such as fighting belts, marketing/selling kits and literature, hooks, leader etc...I think they really add to a collection.  I'll see if I can get a photo at some point.

I'm also on the hunt for more of them.