Put down the grease gun and step away from the reel...

Started by cdaline, October 19, 2020, 02:54:38 AM

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cdaline

Found this little Mitchell open faced spinner this weekend at the
swap meet. Pressure washed, scrubbed, de-greased, oiled, greased.
Mid-fifties, pre-Garcia, pre-300 imprints. Works as if new. Quality
vintage reel. I gave $5. Came hanging on a nice Daiwa rod. A cool,
lucky find. 8)

Charles
https://imgur.com/a/SbR1jKo


cdaline

yep ! that pic still causes me to twitch... ;D

Charles

Gfish

Very nice find, all the way around. Do you think the grease helped preserve it?
Fishing tackle is an art form and all fish caught on the right tackle are"Gfish"!

philaroman

sweet reel...  what's the "nice Daiwa rod" -- modern or old?
did you you luck into that old orange-brown Daiwa glass?

cdaline

#5
Gfish..
I'm guessing the total overload on grease packing
led to the above average preservation of this reel. When
I initially tried to turn the crank....it would barely budge. But,
not like metal on metal stoppage... just like heavy sludge.
I quickly stopped until I could get a direct view of the gears.
A survivor.

Philaroman...
Wpw ! You describe it exactly. Good guess.  I'll try to
add photos to the spread tomorrow.

Charles

JasonGotaProblem

Quote from: philaroman on October 19, 2020, 04:07:50 AM
sweet reel...  what's the "nice Daiwa rod" -- modern or old?
did you you luck into that old orange-brown Daiwa glass?

There may or may not be a store near me that has a lot of used gear, with a solid handful.of old orange-brown daiwa glass rods. Is there something to them? Should I go pick up a few?
Any machine is a smoke machine if you use it wrong enough.

philaroman

#7
it's good Japanese(?) thin-wall glass -- "Fenwicky"  (albeit, the guides are "budgetty" & too few)

don't like the handles/seats that much, but they seem more durable than the guides

screams, "REBUILD ME!!!" louder than a stock old Fenwick does ;D

I believe, lighter F/W rods & Surf Rods get some love

heavier/shorter stuff, not so much (not bad -- just less interesting)

JasonGotaProblem

Quote from: philaroman on October 19, 2020, 04:39:40 AM
...guides are "budgetty" & too few...

Man i keep getting these mixed signals about the importance of # of guides on a rod...

Might go pick up one to play with. I need a new rebuild project now that the penn is mostly done
Any machine is a smoke machine if you use it wrong enough.

oldmanjoe

Quote from: Gfish on October 19, 2020, 03:46:14 AM
Very nice find, all the way around. Do you think the grease helped preserve it?
I think it helps preserves the price of the reel for sure. :)
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philaroman

#10
Quote from: JasonGotaPenn on October 19, 2020, 02:42:37 PM
Quote from: philaroman on October 19, 2020, 04:39:40 AM
...guides are "budgetty" & too few...

Man i keep getting these mixed signals about the importance of # of guides on a rod...

Might go pick up one to play with. I need a new rebuild project now that the penn is mostly done

on many old rods, esp. the more affordable (in their time) spinners, you can just look & tell
that the scant number of guides was a pure budget decision...  nothing to do w/ functionality

wfjord

Quote from: oldmanjoe on October 19, 2020, 03:10:21 PM
Quote from: Gfish on October 19, 2020, 03:46:14 AM
Very nice find, all the way around. Do you think the grease helped preserve it?
I think it helps preserves the price of the reel for sure. :)

I'd agree.  Reels I've acquired that were packed with old sludgy and hard grease usually turned out to be nice, smooth working reels after getting them cleaned them up.

steelfish

Quote from: whalebreath on October 19, 2020, 02:58:13 AM
Love this shot!



Yay !!  that pic reminded me when I used to clean the ears to my kids when they were toddlers.
The Baja Guy

philaroman

seriously?  where did they play -- a condemned refinery?

steelfish

Quote from: cdaline on October 19, 2020, 02:54:38 AM
Found this little Mitchell open faced spinner this weekend at the
swap meet. Pressure washed, scrubbed, de-greased, oiled, greased.
Mid-fifties, pre-Garcia, pre-300 imprints. Works as if new. Quality
vintage reel. I gave $5. Came hanging on a nice Daiwa rod. A cool,
lucky find. 8)

Charles
https://imgur.com/a/SbR1jKo

I know that feeling.

I found a Penn Baja Special reel in a milk crater along with some old 113, few 113h and other old blacky penn reels, surely the seller didnt knew about that specific reel thought that it was on the same category of those reels, the reel was really badly scratched out but other than that it was in good shape, I got it for $20 dlls, now it has a new frame, new handle and upgraded with Tom's antireverse assembly... when I heard the price of the reel I just took it, paid and ran but forgot to ask for the rest of the reels in the milk crate.
The Baja Guy