newell handle upgrade (updated 5/17/2016)

[alantani]

got a bunch!  the larger newell stainless steel arm has a hole for the handle grip that is 3/16ths of an inch in diameter, so many aftermarket handle grips will fit, as well as my own 5/0 and 3/0 grips!  send a pm if you want me to ship some.  thanks!  alan

[creech]

Hi friends, do you all have anymore Newell large handles?
Thanks all.

Carl

[Bryan Young]

Hi Carl,

Alan is out fishing. Send him a message on Saturday and he will get back to you.

[creech]

Thanks Bryan!
shot out to you on your drag stack kits. i've killed many pelagics on my older reels. Thanks bud!

Carl

[Bryan Young]

Glad you could slay more fish on them older reels.

[Corroded]

Hello Alan are the stainless steel arms still a available for a newell

[Johnny O'Reilly]

Alan, I'm looking for a handle for a 229. Do you still have any available?

[alantani]

yes, but only a few.  the long arms are gone.  it's just the short arms with the 3/0 grips that have left.  these are what i would usually use for the 200 and 300 series newells.  the cost is $38 plus shipping.  if this works, please send a pm with your full mailing address and i will get you a price. 

[Johnny O'Reilly]

Alan,
Thanks! Pam sent

John

[EthanM11]

update 5/17/2016!!!

here are the two newell arms that i have available.  the large stainless steel arm is $10 and works well for 400, 500 and 600 series reels.  it has a 3/16ths inch hole that will accommodate most aftermarket grips, so you can pretty much use any grip that you want.  the small arm is $8 and works well for the 200, 300 and maybe even the 400 series reels.  and i screwed it up.  the hole for the handle grip is 5/16ths of an inch in diameter, which means that you are stuck with my counter bored 3/0 grip.  here are both arms with the grips that i would normally use. 





here is the 3/16ths inch hole with a spindle that is cut flat. 



here is the 5/16ths inch hole with the spindle that is counter bored.



you see the difference. 

i've adapted the kolekar grip to the newell reel by having a stainless steel arm made.  at the very beginning, i tried adapting the kolekar grip to the stock newell arm, but the length of the spindle varied too much and i gave up.  that's when i decided to have new stainless steel arm made.  it honestly does weigh more than the stock newell arm, but at least it will never break. 





needless to say, i think it's a HUGE improvement over the stock grip. 





the all stainless steel and delron construction offers another significant advantage over the aluminum found in the p-series or tiburon handles.  my handle arms will never corrode. 



the handle arm with the 2/0 kolekar grip is $36 and the arm and 4/0 grip is $40, both with domestic shipping included.  i no longer have the spindes needed to adapt a kolekar grip to a stock graphite newell arm.  and because of the flex of the thin aluminum p-series arms, i do not recommend bolting a kolekar grip to one of these. 

Hi Alan Im wondering what the handle grips are made out of and how they were made?

[alantani]

the grips are machined from bar stock delrin.  they are not molded.