A&I Model

[OCauto]

Can anyone put a Model I.D. with this reel?

[Alan Baracco]

I have no idea of the model (since I know nothing of A&I reels), but it has the Trademark pattern from trademarks issued in 1877 & 1881, rather than the later pattern issued in 1909.

Alan Baracco

[Midway Tommy D]

Someone will know something or have a catalog since there's been some past discussion. Here's a Stop Latch reel Dean sold a couple of years ago with the same logo.

[OCauto]

Thank you

[john elder]

Al, sorry this took so long to get to but i was hoping someone would jump in before now. In any event, i don't believe there would have been any model name associated with these early reels... just "small raised pillar reel" comes about as close as you can come! In the book " The Origins of American Angling by Mary Kelly ( available via whitefish press), Mary did an article on the logos of A&I. Yours is the earliest, from mid 1870s, based on the figure i have pasted below. Nice find and a definite keeper!



Ps: you probably already own this book... ask your wife where she put it