Sharing Pictures Of my Newly Restored Eton Sun Reel

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Monkeypaws
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Sharing Pictures Of my Newly Restored Eton Sun Reel

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Hello All,
I thought I would share pictures of my newly restored Eton Sun Wood reel. The reel was in pretty bad shape when I got it so I decided to do a total restoration. I dated the reel between 1885-1906 but I am not certain. The reel is 5" in diameter and is quite heavy. This is one of the nicest wood reels in my collection. I WAS planning on restoring this reel and selling it on Ebay but my wife saw it and wants me to keep it.









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john elder
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Re: Sharing Pictures Of my Newly Restored Elton Sun Reel

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Gorgeous piece of fishing art! Nice resto!
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Beautiful reel, and nice restoration! You should be very proud of your work.
Love those Open Face Spinning Reels! (Especially ABU & ABU/Zebco)

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