reel logo ID

[Dustnstuff]

I posted this some 15 years ago with no luck.
Thought maybe some new members could help ID this
Flamingo which is stamped on the back plate.
Thanks,
Dustnstuff

[Richard Lodge]

sorry I can't help ID that but it's a cool stamp. Can you post a photo of the whole reel?

[Ron Mc]

I seem to remember a stork reel mark attributed to German Noris, but when I googled this morning, this link turned up:
https://www.traditionalfisherman.com/vi ... hp?t=11684
Apparently Stork was a family and trade name of fishing tackle from Munich.
Might be worth pursuing.

[Dustnstuff]

Thanks Richard and Ron. The Stork from Germany is not the one. I've researched that and there is no match.
I will post more pictures shortly. Also researched the Crane, and no match there either.
Dustnstuff

[Ron Mc]

are you sure?
the mark on this Hardy Perfect sure looks similar to me, maybe slight differences in style, but the the position of the bird is the same

[Dustnstuff]

Very close, but I don't think this reel is a Hardy. It is a British made reel most likely. Maybe a trade reel
for some retailer. Reel is 2 1/2" and my wife says I'm wrong a lot.
Dustnstuff

[Ron Mc]

well no, I was thinking it was similar to the Effzett, and that's a very Birmingham-looking reel (Heaton) - of course doesn't rule out being distributed in Munich. Stork didn't make the Hardy they distributed, either.

'35 Heaton wholesale catalog

[Dustnstuff]

Ron, Thanks for posting the Heaton page. The reel foot on my reel doesn't match those in the Ad.
I still think Heaton but just not the models in the Ad.
Dustnstuff

[Dustnstuff]

After looking some more, the reel foot looks like Farlow
dustnstuff

[Ron Mc]

Farlow bought Heaton reels. Farlow bought Jw Young reels, Sharpes reels, etc.
Farlow listed 45 reel models in their '33 catalog, claimed all were made at Croydon, but only a half-dozen were made at Croydon.
If they could buy it, they would.
Another maker you might want to search is Smith & Wall of Redditch.
Here's a Heaton foot on a marked Heaton reel.


and another

[Dustnstuff]

Ron,
That sure looks like it. Same style and knob. Now I just need to know who Heaton made it for.
Thanks,
Dustnstuff