Another trade reel, Ted Williams VI

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CincyDavid

March 02, 2026, 01:34:02 PM
It is also marked 535-414980 and an EM date stamp. Needs a good cleaning but seems intact other than that.

CincyDavid

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March 04, 2026, 07:26:21 PM
Good grief, I opened it up and found this...

happyhooker

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March 04, 2026, 09:17:08 PM
You are putting together some interesting reels.  Looks like the last one is a "victim" of the "goop it" method of reel lubrication (i.e, if a little lube is good, then a ton of it will be great!)

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oldmanjoe

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March 05, 2026, 12:25:22 AM
That`s a dozen reels worth of grease !
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CincyDavid

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March 05, 2026, 01:40:36 AM
I feel like somebody took a trowel and just filled that reel with grease. It didn't stink and was not dried out, thankfully.

rcmsangab

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March 05, 2026, 01:57:08 AM
Wow! That has to be some kind of record! How did they even get that much in there?

MarkT

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March 05, 2026, 02:40:38 AM Last Edit: March 05, 2026, 02:41:23 AM by MarkT
The Ted Williams reels were made for Sears? An oldie like that was made in US. That much grease looks like a China reel! I guess US reels were made by those who were below their grease quota too!
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JasonGotaProblem

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March 05, 2026, 03:42:18 AM
Someone treated it like they're packing a bearing. Bet there's no corrosion
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jgp12000

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March 05, 2026, 10:44:01 AM Last Edit: March 05, 2026, 10:45:32 AM by jgp12000
The last reel I got had black looking varnish everywhere hard as a rock,could it actually be old brown grease?
 
The handle would barely turn,I had to put the spool back on to pull
The spindle out after I removed the crosswind screws.I soaked the spindle with Kroil 1st.After thought,maybe not the best method I could have damaged the spool doing this ::)

CincyDavid

#9
March 05, 2026, 03:00:01 PM
Ya gotta do what ya gotta do to get these things apart. I have had ONE reel that fought me so hard that I just tossed it in the trash and walked away from it. It was a Garcia Kingfisher of some sort that was part of a lot purchase and I had gotten disgusted with it.

kjdunne

#10
March 05, 2026, 06:01:38 PM
I knew some guys that greased reels like that to "waterproof" them for full immersion surf fishing.  Long before the multiple water seals some reels boast today.
I too doubt you'll find any corrosion in there.
Good find!

Kal

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March 05, 2026, 06:29:23 PM
on the upside there's no corrosion  ^-^
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work2fish

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March 05, 2026, 07:19:34 PM
You are on a roll with the Shakespeare trade reels! Had you been looking for awhile and they finally started showing up, or did you recently turn to them as a target for your collection?

Quote from: kjdunne on March 05, 2026, 06:01:38 PMI knew some guys that greased reels like that to "waterproof" them for full immersion surf fishing.  Long before the multiple water seals some reels boast today.

That's what I was thinking... like how some people pack a 704 or 706 for surf fishing. Maybe this reel was used in the surf.

CincyDavid

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March 05, 2026, 08:46:42 PM
Quote from: work2fish on March 05, 2026, 07:19:34 PMYou are on a roll with the Shakespeare trade reels! Had you been looking for awhile and they finally started showing up, or did you recently turn to them as a target for your collection?


I don't really target the big Sea Monsters, I primarily accumulate the 2052 and 2062 variants but these started falling in my lap and I figured they are uncommon enough that I should just snatch 'em up. I started boxing up some of my 2052 and 2062 3 or 4 to a box, just to get them out of my way and make it harder for my wife to count the ones in open bins.
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