Who made me?

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bamboocollector11
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Who made me?

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Nickel silver casting reel with adjustable bearing screws and a unique handle. Only marking on the bottom of the reel foot is 150. Who made me?






My guess is Malleson, but its only my guess.
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Kopf. Use a brighter match for the lighting.

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Thanks Steve!
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Better take another look, Steve. That's the problem with looking at pics late at night, when you're bleary-eyed.
The reel seems to be bipedal! The first pic shows a foot attached to the tailplate PLUS a separate foot. That separate foot looks like a Star Reel Works foot, not a Kopf! And we can't tell anything about the foot on the tailplate.
Star foot:

Kopf foot:

So?
And then there's the gear bearing. Plenty of Kopf reels had spool bearings like this one, but the bearing in the first pic holds the main gear.

Now I'm really confused.

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Steve,
My error, the extra reel foot was on my desk from another reel I had apart and got in the pic.
Attached should be 2 clear pics of the mounted reel foot. Sorry for the confusion.
Thanks,
Ed


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