I finally got the Kosmic Reel cleaned!!

toma · Post by **toma** » Wed Oct 19, 2011 7:29 pm

Some of you may remember from a month ago my old Kosmic Reel that was in pretty bad shape. Well, thanks to everyone's suggestions and a lot of elbow grease I finally got it finished. The reel works very well but I think I'll keep it on the shelf a while. I need to download some additional pics of the inside workings but here are a few of the finished job.

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Teal · Post by **Teal** » Thu Oct 20, 2011 6:01 am

Wow! Great looking reel and tremendous job! What a great old classic.

Nice job!

-- Dr. Todd

Post by **john elder** » Thu Oct 20, 2011 7:30 am

Nice! that braking system is really unique to anything I've seen, with matching spool to act on. Would really be great to learn a bit of history about that one!

Don Champion · Post by **Don Champion** » Fri Oct 21, 2011 2:19 pm

Your reel "The Kosmic" was made by Montague City Rod Co. "The Kosmic" was a brand name of H.A. Whitmore & Co. and the reel appears in their 1903-6 catalog. It came in sizes from 60 yd. to 300 yd. From looking at yours I would say it was a salt water model.

Post by **john elder** » Fri Oct 21, 2011 4:52 pm

Don, does the catalog show. Anything about that brake?

Don Champion · Post by **Don Champion** » Fri Oct 21, 2011 6:16 pm

Nope - all I have is the "reels only" section. The brake could have been made by someone else and added.