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Not WW2/1 unless you want to go there but reels. Having broke my multiplier recently I dived into my junk pile and came up with two old Ryioby reels and opened them up. Both had the main drive shaft broken, how or when I don't remember. So I looked up their website which looked like to be of some Italian origin I think and asked for spares. They got back straight away and told me the factory that made those reels closed in 1066. I think they got back straight away because they were pissing themselves.
So I dived deeper in my junk pile and found an old DAM Prince 1016 reel(D.A.M. stands for Deutshe Angelgeräte Manufaktur). Now I found this washed up on the beach some time ago, rod still attached and it looked very sorry and nothing moved quite as it should but I opened it up and all looked good. With some oil and a bit of coaxing its all working well. Out of interest I googled it and they are quite old, one bloke was selling one for £26 as a collectors piece which I didn't quite get but what a reel, not only ancient and been knocking around the bottom of the ocean for a spell but with a bit of oil and gentle coaxing and its all working beautifully. Only one tiny bit of rust on the thick end of the bail arm and the casing is a bit pitted but sand paper and a bit of paint is putting that right.
Its is a clunky old thing and weighs a bomb but it will do until I replace my multiplier and a good spare reel. I am sure of one thing, it will never break and last me the rest of my days.
A begrudging Germany 5 - Italy 0 but England 5-Germany 0 was good and please don't mention the war, I'm not.
So I dived deeper in my junk pile and found an old DAM Prince 1016 reel(D.A.M. stands for Deutshe Angelgeräte Manufaktur). Now I found this washed up on the beach some time ago, rod still attached and it looked very sorry and nothing moved quite as it should but I opened it up and all looked good. With some oil and a bit of coaxing its all working well. Out of interest I googled it and they are quite old, one bloke was selling one for £26 as a collectors piece which I didn't quite get but what a reel, not only ancient and been knocking around the bottom of the ocean for a spell but with a bit of oil and gentle coaxing and its all working beautifully. Only one tiny bit of rust on the thick end of the bail arm and the casing is a bit pitted but sand paper and a bit of paint is putting that right.
Its is a clunky old thing and weighs a bomb but it will do until I replace my multiplier and a good spare reel. I am sure of one thing, it will never break and last me the rest of my days.
A begrudging Germany 5 - Italy 0 but England 5-Germany 0 was good and please don't mention the war, I'm not.
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