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General Maintenance Tips => Fishing Antiques and Collectables => Topic started by: joe k on February 17, 2020, 12:57:20 AM

Title: Who made this reel?
Post by: joe k on February 17, 2020, 12:57:20 AM
somebody just left a box of reels at my door and this one was in it..smaller than a penn 716 just has Compac bantam on side plate..seems to work fine..little cleaning..and the garcia 120 and shakespear wondercast177 model ee..any info on these appreciated..and a few others were left with no returns wanted...just a note said maybe you might want these...if not ..??
Title: Re: Who made this reel?
Post by: xjchad on February 17, 2020, 01:53:46 AM
Very cool box of reels Joe!
Title: Re: Who made this reel?
Post by: Midway Tommy on February 17, 2020, 02:32:42 AM
Joe,

Compac made it. It is from the late '50s, 1958ish. They also made a Bantam III, which was even smaller. They were sold by Commerce-Pacific Inc out of LA, and Canada Ltd of Toronto. Compac was one of the early Japanese reel manufacturers. 
Title: Re: Who made this reel?
Post by: Ron Jones on February 17, 2020, 06:51:09 AM
That there is a perch reel if I ever saw one.
The Man