Next Ugly Reel on the Block, California Free Spool

[sandbar]

Ugly Reel Lot, next one up.
Montague?
Magnet will not stick.
Must be chrome plated brass.
Free spool is awesome.
I need instructions on how to remove the chrome.
Cleaning the chrome is not possible.
Any suggestions would be highly appreciated.
Thanks!
-Steve

[oc1]

Steel wool and elbow grease.  I'm not sure a reel striped down to the brass is any better than an honest patina.  But, it is cheap entertainment.

[sandbar]

Steel wool and elbow grease.  I'm not sure a reel striped down to the brass is any better than an honest patina.  But, it is cheap entertainment.

Thanks!
Cheap entertainment is exactly why I buy Junk that I see potential in.
Just ordered some 000 and 00 steel wool. I would like to find the chrome under the stains and grime.
-Steve

[Donnyboat]

I find using steel wool, rub it the same way all the time, so if you get scratch's going the other way, may stand out more, It does help if you rap fine steel wool like 0000 around a drill bit, then rotate it with a portable drill, would help good luck, cheers Don.

[ExcessiveAngler]

You're not gonna share how much you're cheap enjoy cost is this time lol? I almost thought I had the same brass reel. But mine is manufactured by Atlantic surfcasting and in bad shape.

[Gfish]

Is that what they call a Knopf clutch in Sandbar's reel?

[oc1]

Koph.  A.I. says, "John Kopf operated a fishing tackle business in Brooklyn, NY, in the 1880s and held several patents for reel innovations. One of his most notable was a simple freespool clutch that used a lever to swing the reel's main gear toward or away from the pinion of a multiplying reel.."

A good idea, but the tension on the two screws that let the bridge swing in/out is critical and they are difficult to keep properly adjusted.

edit:   Oh yeah, when the main gear and bridge are rotated toward or away from the pinion, there has to be three milometers of room between the main gear post and the hole in the side of the face plate.  When the user puts pressure on the handle the main gear is not being stabilized by the sleeve and face plate.  It can bend the post or force the main gear somewhere it is not supposed to go.