Anyone have a bit of info on a GS pre-level wind CBH, KY style, w/ click
and drag buttons on face marked 'Kentucky 3' on face plate approx. 60
yd. size. Has intricate gnurling on all pillars, retaining handle nut, collar,
and on counter weight, acquired last year at Milwaukee show, a larger
(100yd.) version had EATON(?) on face plate, any knowledge of Eaton ?
Oh, and 3 rows of fine gnurling on rim of face plate. Sorry can`t do pics.
yet. Any info at all appreciated. End caps not jeweled,or removable.
Identification Toughie
R4M, you have to pay more attention. A few days ago, Brian answered his own question about a reel ID by posting a pic from an 1886 Eaton catalog (http://reeltalk.orcaonline.org/viewtopic.php?t=429). E. E. Eaton was located at 53 State St., Chicago, in 1886.
Eaton's catalog for that year showed "The Kentucky Reel" in 3 sizes: #2-40yd, #3-60yd, and #4-80yd. There were two "makes" of each size:
"B. C. Milam's make" and "E. E. Eaton's make". The Eatons cost about 2/3 as much as the Milams, but both makes were GS and carried the same guarantee. Maybe Milam made the "generic" versions, too.
There also was an Eaton, Holberton & Co. Sportsman's Emporium in NYC ten years earlier. Have no idea if there was any relation.
Eaton's catalog for that year showed "The Kentucky Reel" in 3 sizes: #2-40yd, #3-60yd, and #4-80yd. There were two "makes" of each size:
"B. C. Milam's make" and "E. E. Eaton's make". The Eatons cost about 2/3 as much as the Milams, but both makes were GS and carried the same guarantee. Maybe Milam made the "generic" versions, too.
There also was an Eaton, Holberton & Co. Sportsman's Emporium in NYC ten years earlier. Have no idea if there was any relation.
Lots of fun
Steve, thanks for the encouragement and pointing me in the right direction to start off. I have to say that I just stumbled upon the information by coincidence but at least I knew where and about at what time period to look thanks to you! Good fun.
Brian,
Yup, good fun. Almost all of this kind of research requires a lot of stumbling and good luck. That's even more true if you're trying to ID something made in, say, NYC, and you happen to live in, say, Hawaii. Your access to NYC libraries is probably fairly limited, so success may depend entirely on what materials happen to have made their way to HI. Things are somewhat easier now than years ago, when we had no Internet or Reel News.
Yup, good fun. Almost all of this kind of research requires a lot of stumbling and good luck. That's even more true if you're trying to ID something made in, say, NYC, and you happen to live in, say, Hawaii. Your access to NYC libraries is probably fairly limited, so success may depend entirely on what materials happen to have made their way to HI. Things are somewhat easier now than years ago, when we had no Internet or Reel News.
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BIG Thank you Steve ORG
I had a feeling you`d know if anyone would. You ARE the real
Old Reel Guru, old reels that is. Thanks old buddy.
Old Reel Guru, old reels that is. Thanks old buddy.