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who made this reel

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Can anyone tell me who made this reel.

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Brian F.
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I'll take a guess: Hendryx?
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The 4 bent ears on the foot indicate this is a Montague designed reel. The Hendryx foot has a different pillar attachment design, which is characteized by 2 small " u bolts". Photos are shown in oldreels.com by Phil White. Here, you can read a discussion re different foot designs under the Identification section.
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Yes Hendryx earlyer reels had the u bolts. Same as their bird cages. If I remember right. That is one of the patent numbers you see stamped on Hendryx foot. But some of their later reels had the 4 bent ears.

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Post by Reel Geezer »

As Dale states, it's a Montague. The later Hendryx foot, although missing the U rivets, looks quite a bit different than the Montague foot. It is very similar to the early foot, just missing the rivets.
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Thanks for your help. There are no markings on reel. I'm new at this reel stuff. Thanks again.
Don
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