Here is a new one on me. It is a 14/0 with some very special and unusual features.
The reel has a rear mounted drag adjuster in the center of the rear sideplate. when you tighten the knurled nut the drag gets stronger.
The reel also has a thumb regulated auxiliary drag with a calibrated "micro adjuster" mounted on the front side plate that works ist way through the forward top pillars and then out to the exterior of the back sideplate where it snakes around and then goes back into the rear sideplate to add drag gradually as needed.
Free spool is obtained in much the same way as a Shakespeare Miller Autocrat. When you back the handle off the handle is disengaged and the reel goes into free-spool.
The knob is very Kovalovsky like and the reel is made mostly of stainless steel with some plated fittings. Here are some additional photos of the reel.
Any ideas????
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Interesting reel, Ed. I didn't think there was a big game reel out there that you didn't know inside and out, how many siblings and offspring it had, etc. Lots of neat items on that reel but the thing that draws my attention the most is the raw nuts on the pillars and other areas. I'm amazed that someone would put that much time and effort into fabricating such a reel and then not use some sort of finished cap nuts. Cool reel, though!
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Wow is right! Another beast from Jupiter! Single speed, Ed? Ratio(s)??that reel looks infinitely more fishable than the last. So, plated brass, not stainless?
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John - I stand corrected! The side-plates, spool bells as well as a good many of the other fittings are stainless steel. The pillars, center spool arbor, handle and a few other pieces are either plated brass or another metal. I correct my original post to reflect the change, thanks for making me take a better look, I guess I got excited and posted before I did a complete inspection.
The ratio appears to be about - 1 2/3 to 1 - retrieve.
sdlehr - I'm not so sure I find them as much as they find me.
Tommy - Good question on the nuts and one I can't answer. Aesthetically screws would be nicer but if you dip it in salt water, let it sit a year or two and then try and take it apart ..... I'll choose taking corroded nuts off over removing corroded screws any day of the week.
Boy the foot and stand look pretty light duty for a 14/0
John, the photos don't do the stainless steel foot justice. The base is actually very heavy duty as are the actual "feet" which are quite long but very substantial.
Will my post be deleted again? The side plates and spool width should determine the size. What are they? Is it the same reel that came from Connecticut about 18 months ago after being on eBay. If not there's 2? The auction was ended and sold for $800.
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Thanks much for the follow up, Ed. So, what do you think? Would you go to sea with this reel or is she destined to be a Shelf Queen? It looks very well made as compared to the Thing from Jupiter!
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Steve, I recognize that patent image. Haven't seen it in many years, but wasn't his name King? John King, James King, something? Wasn't there something sort of odd about that patent, like he died in the meantime or something?
John, the reel works fine but with a little tuning up I think you could still land a big bluefin or marlin with it, its built like a tank.
The "Thing from Jupiter" had so many cool features but I don't think you would want to push it too hard or you might be sweeping what's left up off the floor.
Dr. Rob, it's scary to learn that anyone would recognize that drawing out of the blue Yes, it was James T. King, from Burbank. I don't know anything odd about the patent, but there was plenty of time between the 1947 application and the 1953 issuance for anything to have happened.
Steve, It probably took the patent examiner 6 years to understand that drawing! I can't figure out what's up with the proposed gearing. Will run that name and see if I can get it through reading.
Ed, sorry for the side bar. I assume the gearing in yours is a bit more Routine than the drawing.
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john elder wrote:Steve, It probably took the patent examiner 6 years to understand that drawing! I can't figure out what's up with the proposed gearing. Will run that name and see if I can get it through reading.
I did just that, but after about 15-20 minutes and barely getting through the first written page (of four) I decided it might be easier (and ultimately quicker) to first review some of his earlier (hopefully simpler) patents with the hopes that this one built upon those (which is what it says in the first paragraph).
Lots of neat items on that reel but the thing that draws my attention the most is the raw nuts on the pillars and other areas. I'm amazed that someone would put that much time and effort into fabricating such a reel and then not use some sort of finished cap nuts. 
Yes, it was James T. King, from Burbank. I don't know anything odd about the patent, but there was plenty of time between the 1947 application and the 1953 issuance for anything to have happened.