Diawa Saltist Stock Washers

[Prefessa]

Are the current stock drags carbon fiber? The ones it have I'm my reel have a cloth type look as opposed to the paper ones they used to put in.

[philaroman]

not trying to hijack a thread, but since people are going to discuss Saltist, anyway...

Where the heck, are/were these reels made -- I've heard Japan, Korea, AND China    If there are older Japan-made models, how do I recognize them without the benefit of looking at the reel-foot? (model #'s, distinctive features, etc.)  I'm a big believer in Japanese workmanship & would look for an old one, over new/outsourced ANY day!

[Prefessa]

Reel foot says Korea,

[Dr. Jekyll - AKA MeL B]

the new saltist LDs have washers called "Ultimate Tournament carbon drag (UTD)", maybe these are CF washers. i'll discover soon enough when i open my Daiwa with UTD...

update, just look at Alan T.'s tutorial on a Saltist LD 20 and it is carbon fiber.

http://alantani.com/index.php?topic=660.0

[SoCalAngler]

From Daiwa

Saltist® Lever Drag 2-Speed Conventional Reels
•Ultimate Tournament carbon drag (UTD)

Saltist® Lever Drag Hyper Speed
•Ultimate Tournament carbon drag (UTD)

Saltist® Lever Drag Single Speed Conventional Reels
•Ultimate Tournament carbon drag (UTD)

Saltist® Black Gold Star Drag
•Ultimate Tournament carbon drag (UTD)
I know this for sure at I own one.

This is for all of the current production.