WTB - Old Virginia Reel by Edgar Funk (Cool Name)

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WTB - Old Virginia Reel by Edgar Funk (Cool Name)

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Steve has a photo of one in his book. Below are some photos of the reel in the 1904 Hendryx Catalog and the first page of Funk's patent.





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Ron, sorry to take this off-topic a bit but speaking of interesting names. I saw in the newspaper this morning a guy who's name was Tom Yawn. Can you imagine him leading a seminar on anything except sleep disorders? :D
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Either name would be hard to survive through High School with.
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Ron & Wayne,

My wife had a classmate in high school named Candy Hershey.

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I used to know a preacher whose name was Ivan Odor. I think his brother was Bill and Bill's wife was Iva Odor.
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You can make fun of his name till the cows come home, but Ed Funk did his best to rid the world of undesirable secretions.

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