Good afternoon, this is my first time here and am looking for info. I have aquired my parents fishing tackle and have enjoyed discovering different things about them. The one question I have is that I have a Shakespeare box for a 1959B Intrinsic reel. I have been watching eBay and I have never seen the 'B' with that model #. Any help with this is greatly appreciated. I will be coming here frequently with questions.
Steve,
Neither have I. I have a fair size collection of Shakespeare reels. I have a few diffrent models and some boxwes but none have a "B" on either reels nor boxes. Maybe soemone else will chime in.
Harvey
Steve.
The only Intrinsic 1959 reel in my collection has Model HG (circ 1934) on the headplate.
With a "B" on box, it seems like this would be a more recent reel. Sounds like it may be a version of a Southbend Box, only SB did't have a 1959 per JM's book. SB did have a "B" for about every other reel though.
Does anyone have info on how many yrs the Intrinsic was mfg? Maybe the color scheme on the Box will be a key to this puzzle. Photo!
jump Canadian USA my factory manuals 1948 yhru 1970 and up, list the 1959 Intrinsic from 1950 thru 1960, they list it as the FK nowhere does it show a (B) is there any paper work with the reel? as for the (B) some companies did repair reels and would matk them with a different code leter or number, also some companies did make reels to be exported to other countries, Canada is a excelent example of this. Can you describe the box? color, writing , as you have the reel and box we must except this as a ( NEW FIND)? As requested can you take some pics different views and place them on the board? Also are the bearing caps plane metal or jewled? color of the handle, and type of level wind, as Shakesper also expermented with the anti back lash bar like South Bend used. I see you are signed in as a GUEST! Why not Join ORCA, AS you already have a start of a colection! Your Ohio Conection On Lake ERIE COL. Milton Lorens aka SWIM JIG
Steve,
Let me be a little more informative. The name "Intrinsic" was used on a few different reels. The name first appeared on an early NLW bait caster pre 1916. (I didn't look to confirm the dates) The name did disappear for a period after that. It re-appeared in the 1933 catalogue as a #1959 "K", a bait caster, level wind reel. Why the "K" and if the reel was stamped as such, I don't know. In a 1934 Dealer supplement for new products coming out for 1934, it is listed as #1959 and is listed in the 1934 anglers catalogue as being "NEW". I see it listed that way all the way up to 1958 and didn't look for it after that. There is also a list floating around that shows it being produced as early as 1931 but I see no proof of the in what catalogues I have.
Also, the color of the box might help too as others have stated. Is it an Tangerine and Blue banner box or a Red and Blue box? That will help pinpoint the timeframe
As I stated before, the name was also used on an Automatic wind fly reel but of course, it had a different number.
I might add that it also came in a left hand model and was given the number of #1949.
And Milt, where do you find the information where Shakespeare experimented with an anti backlash other than the one that they made for South Bend? Inquiring minds want to know!
Harvey
Hi guys, I'm not at home now, but I know the box is the tangerine and blue. I wish I had the reel. That is what I would like to find. I will post a picture as soon as I can.
cool-thumb jump jump USA harvy, check your EMAIL, and as time allows I will get into the archives in the (RAT HOLE) your Ohio Conection on Lake Erie Col. Milton lorns aka SWIM JIG
Milt, let me know what you find on the ABL thing too. The bail was the main feature that separated SB from SP reels, and I can't believe SB would have allowed a bail ABL system of any kind in their long partnership even after patents ran out. Jim
My guess is that the "B" means "Bright Chrome Finish" but then again, it was my guess that Custer was gonna win too. I did see a Intrisic box on E-bay a week or so ago that was marked #1959 "K" but the "K" was an after stamp.
It housed a Model 31 reel. Trade reel?
"H"
Edit: Forgot to add that dating the box is easy. The 'Quadro" pawl was used only in 1936 and 1937. For more on this, check out Geezer Baracco's 'The Great Pawl Wars Of The '30's" article. (early 2004 Reel News ?)
Harvey awhile back I ordered from you old copies of Shakesp. stuff, and in
the "Dealer`s Advanced Edition" 1910 there is pictured and full descriptions
of each size offered from the 40 yard size(yum) up to the 100 yd size of
the Intrinsic. WOW! I finally contributed something useful.
Good afternoon, this is my first time here and am looking for info. I have aquired my parents fishing tackle and have enjoyed discovering different things about them. The one question I have is that I have a Shakespeare box for a 1959B Intrinsic reel. I have been watching eBay and I have never seen the 'B' with that model #. Any help with this is greatly appreciated. I will be coming here frequently with questions.
jump Canadian USA my factory manuals 1948 yhru 1970 and up, list the 1959 Intrinsic from 1950 thru 1960, they list it as the FK nowhere does it show a (B) is there any paper work with the reel? as for the (B) some companies did repair reels and would matk them with a different code leter or number, also some companies did make reels to be exported to other countries, Canada is a excelent example of this. Can you describe the box? color, writing , as you have the reel and box we must except this as a ( NEW FIND)? As requested can you take some pics different views and place them on the board? Also are the bearing caps plane metal or jewled? color of the handle, and type of level wind, as Shakesper also expermented with the anti back lash bar like South Bend used. I see you are signed in as a GUEST! Why not Join ORCA, AS you already have a start of a colection! Your Ohio Conection On Lake ERIE COL. Milton Lorens aka SWIM JIG 
