thecrow
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This is a lot from e bay, I have no idea what the wooden looking object bottom right of the picture is, not the float winder. any ideas?
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AKA Simon, 1953 - 2022 (RIP)
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I think it's probably one of these....
I think it's probably one of these....
S-Kippy
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It's clearly a handle off a bog chain
It is a vintage float Winder . . . . . think of a modern day pole float winder and , there you go.
The compartment in the middle held spare floats, float rubbers and even lead hot. all you needed to make up a rig at the waterside.
Individually they can fetch quite decent money these days.
The other wooden item is probably an "otter" which was a heavy wooden "float" that you slipped onto your line if your rig was caught up.
It would drift downstream and impart a force opposite to that which you could do with the rod and thereby release the snagged rig . . . . .
A bit like this but excuse the yankee video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWn5pm_HWTM
The compartment in the middle held spare floats, float rubbers and even lead hot. all you needed to make up a rig at the waterside.
Individually they can fetch quite decent money these days.
The other wooden item is probably an "otter" which was a heavy wooden "float" that you slipped onto your line if your rig was caught up.
It would drift downstream and impart a force opposite to that which you could do with the rod and thereby release the snagged rig . . . . .
A bit like this but excuse the yankee video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWn5pm_HWTM
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no-one in particular
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That looks like a good haul Crow. a good bit of research, magnifying glass handy; look for any names on the lures etc. a bit of googling might help. Some of that old stuff put in e bay under arts might sell some of it. They like some of this stuff for displays etc. Whats in that wallet right at the top, looks like coins? The devon minnows if wooden are quite collectable I believe. Nice old wallets as well. Looks interesting. Alcocks on one of the packets, usually a good name for anything old.
chrissh
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Could it be a HOBO Pocket fishing kit, a full fishing kit that fits in a pocket?
robtherake
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This is a lot from e bay, I have no idea what the wooden looking object bottom right of the picture is, not the float winder. any ideas?
Did you buy this lot, or did it simply pique your curiosity?
There are a few nice Harcork floats there that are worth a few pounds-a-piece and if some of those Fishing Gazette floats are original then they too are worth a few pounds too.
I am not to sure about most of the lures or spinners as it is not a topc I am at all up on.
The How To Catch them book is usually only around £8 but some in that series can cost well over £100, and the complete set (if first editions) is almost a "name your own price" item . . . . . . .
How to catch them | Collectable series of angling books | All Fishing Books | Coch-y-Bonddu Books-
The Gag and Gaffs are just a reminder of how badly we used to treat our quarry.
I am not to sure about most of the lures or spinners as it is not a topc I am at all up on.
The How To Catch them book is usually only around £8 but some in that series can cost well over £100, and the complete set (if first editions) is almost a "name your own price" item . . . . . . .
How to catch them | Collectable series of angling books | All Fishing Books | Coch-y-Bonddu Books-
The Gag and Gaffs are just a reminder of how badly we used to treat our quarry.
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Alan Tyler
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I'll be amazed if it is a compendium (the multi-winder in a pot), it's too small - my guess is that it's a treen needle-case, pressed into use for angling bits'n'bobs.
What's a treen?
chrissh
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The word treen comes from the word tree, it literally means "of a tree'. Today antique treen should strictly be used to describe small wooden objects turned from one piece of wood, for example a bowl or a beaker although the term is used commonly to describe any small wooden item - of which there are many!!
robtherake
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Treen is a term used to describe small handmade wooden antique items, usually functional.
flightliner
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A bit like treeny lopez , didnt he sing "wooden heart" back in the sixties ?
robtherake
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A bit like treeny lopez , didnt he sing "wooden heart" back in the sixties ?
He sang, "If I Had a Hammer" which also seems rather appropriate.
What were they called before they became old enough to be considered antique
:w. Seriously, thanks for the reply's and my apologies to Crow for my digression.
thecrow
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What were they called before they became old enough to be considered antique
I don't mind any digression as I had no idea what it could be used for in angling, I like the way threads can wind this way and that.
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Resident of Venus ruled by The Mekon......arch enemy of Dan Dare. Don't tell me nobody on here remembers The Eagle....or am I even older than I thought ?
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I remember the Eagle, but couldn't afford it. You musta bin posh!
"Treen and Scrimshaw" sounds like a comedy partnership of lawyers, doesn't it? But they're both very collectable if you know what you're looking for, which I don't.
Apart from those compendium thingies, which never seem to turn up in the charity shops.
"Treen and Scrimshaw" sounds like a comedy partnership of lawyers, doesn't it? But they're both very collectable if you know what you're looking for, which I don't.
Apart from those compendium thingies, which never seem to turn up in the charity shops.