Beautiful Martin Bretton 104 ultralight

[CincyDavid]

Early 1970s ear Bretton 104, marketed in the US as a Martin Bretton 104 just arrived today. Great looking little reel in good condition, removed a little excess grease and relubed it, spins freely and is ready to use.

[happyhooker]

Really good-looking reel.  Occasionally seen, but not very often.

Frank

[CincyDavid]

Thanks Frank! It really is clean, almost no paint loss, just some scuffs on the spool cup.

[jgp12000]

I am assuming a 104 = 1000 size i.e. Cardinal 3,Penn 716,DQ 110,Mitchell 308? Is there a 204,304,& so on...

[CincyDavid]

The model doesn't necessarily correspond with size...and to be frank I am a little puzzled about how Bretton's model numbering works. It is about the size of a DQ 110 or Alcedo Micron.

[Gfish]

What kind of drag washer system does it have?

[CincyDavid]

I dunno, I'm at the house in Florida this week, I'll be back in Ohio a week from today, and I'll look then.