Fake Vom Hofe question

[Brian F.]

I did hear a story once that people used old bowling balls to restore reels.......

[Steve]

We don't need no stinking holes!

[john elder]

Oh my!...this thread went so far South, it's North!

[Steve]

Are you suggesting that these posts go beyond the compass of acceptable answers to the original question?

[Midway Tommy D]

Are you suggesting that these posts go beyond the compass of acceptable answers to the original question?

At least this discussion was fun and without controversy.

BTW, what was the top-selling conventional reel of all time, what was the first reel with ball bearings, and where did the /0 naming reference come from?

[oc1]

Normally a sizing sequence would be 3, 2, 1, 0, 00, 000 or alternatively, 3, 2, 1, 1/0, 2/0, 3/0
I have a JVH marked 2/00. What's with that?
-steve

[reeltackle]

I was under the distinct impressions that this was the "Fake Vom Hofe" thread.
Did I miss something here?


For you vom Hofe hole guys - Ron, Jim, Joe, John, and Steve
A "reel" perforated Edward vom Hofe

[giga5486]

Guys, Thanks for all the great information. I had a concern that there may be some fake Vom Hofe reels out at that time of their catalog release that we should all be aware of running across in todays collecting.

[john elder]

...and an excellent question it was! I hope amongst the hijacks and attempts at humor that some conclusions can be drawn.

I believe that the main conclusion is that yes, there certainly was some concern about copy cats re mechanisms and style. I don't think anyone came up with an example where one of the other makers pretended to be EVH, but the latter wanted to make clear reels without specific EVH markings were not the same quality. I think the conclusion that EVH was trying to keep a clear delineation between their operation and that of JVH is valid....just MHOs.