This has probably been discussed in the past, but I'll pose the question. Once upon a time did the color of the knobs on some Penn reels designate which year they were built?
Generally no, you cannot made that assumption. Below you will find a link to a discussion of Penn Handles.
http://alantani.com/index.php?topic=18784.0
Quote from: reel man on January 06, 2017, 06:22:20 AM
This has probably been discussed in the past, but I'll pose the question. Once upon a time did the color of the knobs on some Penn reels designate which year they were built?
A person can tell more about the era of a Penn handle by the counterbalance, but just "era". There is no way to put a "year" on any Penn handle, except some found in early to mid 30's
-Ted