Can Anyone ID The Maker?

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Can Anyone ID The Maker?

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Can anyone venture a guess on the maker of this hard rubber, gold plated 100-yard casting reel?





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Mark, The offset plate reminds me of an early O.C. Beautiful reel by the way!
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The Handle ,Knob, Screws scream Old Pflueger.
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You have a Pflueger saltwater Improved Round Multiplying Reel. You can find it in the ENTERPRIZE MFG catalog no. F-25 for the 1907/08 seasons. It came in size 100 to 400 yds & nickel plated brass or german silver. The reel you have was nickel plated brass & someone has removed the nickel. Most of the ones I have seen are not stamped because ENTERPRIZE sold them to the trade like your reel. I do have some of these reels stamped on the metal or rubber on the front plate with a trade company name and I have some stamped PFLUEGER on the metal plate on the front of the reel.
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Your a prince, Bill. Thanks.
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I'm still inclined to think it might be gold plated, as you can scrape the plating off back down to the nickel silver. I doubt it's plated in brass.
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Mark your reel is probably german silver. Have you tried polishing it? I have found reels that had that gold look & when I polished it I found it was german silver. I always start on the bottom of the foot. Good luck!
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