114 Black

[Shark Hunter]

Picked me up a 6/0. I ordered a drag kit for one of these by Mistake. Sounds like a good enough reason to me! I'm a sucker for a red handle.

[Keta]

Picked me up a 6/0. I ordered a drag kit for one of these by Mistake.

I'm glad I'm not the only one that does this, I have several reels I got this way.

[Shark Hunter]

I have been looking for one for quite some time. Usually is this shape, they are asking about a hundred.
I got this one for $54 shipped! Good things come to those who wait!

[Keta]

My 114 was a strange acquire.  My wife called from an estate sale and asked me if I was looking for a Penn 144 (she honestly thinks there is something like too many reels) and I  said there was no such reel.  She looked again (her eyes are worse than mine) and said I was wrong and what did I think it was worth.  I said offer them $20 for it and they took it....she brought home a little used 114 with the marlin on the side plate.

I picked up a 113 in very good shape when a customer dropped some reels of to service and he said I could have it for parts.  Many people do not value these old reels.

[Shark Hunter]

 Many people do not value these old reels.

I do!

[Keta]

X3

[George4741]

I think the black 113 and 114 are great reels!  Being narrow minded, I just think the originals are too wide.  If you want to see what can be done with a black 114, check out John's narrowed version.  Neat stuff!
http://alantani.com/index.php?topic=6674.0

[floating doc]

I really like this narrow 114 in the link.

[Newell Nut]

Come over one day and you can put your hands on a Narrow 114 Beast of a reel. Handles really nice.

[Alto Mare]

I think the black 113 and 114 are great reels!  Being narrow minded, I just think the originals are too wide.  If you want to see what can be done with a black 114, check out John's narrowed version.  Neat stuff!
http://alantani.com/index.php?topic=6674.0

We could do the same to the 113 and many others that have the narrowed kit available.
This was one of the reason I was looking for a lathe.
Usually, the left side of the spool is the same, except for the thickness. The shaft on the right is longer, but can be modified easily, good tools are needed though, I can't do with my dremel;D.

[floating doc]

Come over one day and you can put your hands on a Narrow 114 Beast of a reel. Handles really nice.

Sounds good! I haven't thought about the 114 much, but I really am impressed with these.

[Shark Hunter]

I wasn't going to take any pictures while cleaning this reel up and putting in a 5 stack, but it is just too pristine not too.
Shiny,Shiny

Other than a lot of oil inside, this reel is was like new. Steel gears too.

Done.

[Bryan Young]

Sweet. I hope to have a 7 stack for that reel in the future.  I mis-measured the drag washers and cut the OD 1 mm too large.  I'm going to see if I can mount a whole mess of washers on and arbor and mount the arbor on a lathe and cut them down.

[Alto Mare]

Don't mess with those, as I mentioned earlier they are perfect for Lee's inserts.

[Bryan Young]

Don't mess with those, as I mentioned earlier they are perfect for Lee's inserts.

How much thinner are the washers with the inserts?  The washers seem rather thin (OD to ID) to fit an insert.