Hopefully, there is a picture of a Shakespeare Silver Swan Model HH. Question is whether this was a plated reel that has lost its plating or was it ever plated? Thanks for your assistance. Dave Randall
ps This reel and a very large Shakespeare reel collection will be for sale at the ORCA National in Fife, Washington in June. See you there! Dave
Shakespeare Silver Swan Reel
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I considered one about 10 yrs. ago it also had the 'pewter look'.Believe
they came that way. Check Harvey the Club's Shakespeare Xpert.
they came that way. Check Harvey the Club's Shakespeare Xpert.
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Silver Swan
That's the same reel as the 1933 South Bend #350 first and second models. The 33 catalog calls it an "aluminum alloy in an attractive gray finish." The shape of the reel and the gray color was certainly an attempt to mimic the popular Supreme but under-sell it by a bunch.
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Cool factoid, Harv. South Bend had to go to the more common description to avoid the Shakespeare association a la the 4-way pawl, and it was probably contractual. There must be agreements out there on all these features. I still think the alloy experiment, which didn't last long at all, was a response to the (then) ten year old Pflueger "Nicckalum."
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#350 South Bend
Here's the 1933 #350 South Bend first model "Swan."
http://orcaonline.org/images/pixel.gif? ... age/sbswan
http://orcaonline.org/images/pixel.gif? ... age/sbswan