Yawman & Erbe Reels

[Kenneth Stackhouse]

I am beginning to compile the numbers on the Yawman and Erbe reels, I was curious about them and contacted Phil White, he said he was to busy at the time to keep it up and suggested I started. I have a few Yawman and Erbe reels and have found numbers on all I have, the old reliable reels have roman numerals scratched on the inside of both sides and the key winds have numbers stamped on both sides. I have not found any numbers on the Horrocks Ibbotson reels but the early ones may have them. I have not heard of any numbers on the Loomis Plumb reels either, but it would be nice to know how many are out there.
If I could get the owners of these reels to send me the numbers, type reel and size of the reel along with a couple digital pictures it would be greatly appreciated, the information would be available to anyone who was interested in it.
Ken