Need help identifying this reel ? IZUM REEL ???

snoekjaeger · Post by **snoekjaeger** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 6:04 pm

Hi,
Just a cheap reel I got of Ebay, just made me wonder who made it.
It has a harp engraved, above the harp is a sort of flying fish ?
Next to the harp is the word "TRADE" engraved
Name is partially gone, but what is left looks like ? I Z U M - ? E E ?
Could be Rizum Reel or ? Izum Bee ?

The reelfoot is not original I think.
Thanks for any help,
Jean-Paul

Teal · Post by **Teal** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 8:08 pm

Maybe Thum-Ezee?

--Dr. Todd

snoekjaeger · Post by **snoekjaeger** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 2:35 pm

Not giving up yet !
Made some detailed scans, I hope perhaps someone has seen these marks before ?

I guess it's non-USA, otherwise one of you guys sure would have know it.
Jean-Paul

Reelman · Post by **Reelman** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 4:23 pm

It kind off makes me think it was made by Olympic in Japan

snoekjaeger · Post by **snoekjaeger** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 5:19 pm

I had the same idea (I have some Olympic stuff in my collection - see pic below), but I don't know their early logo looked like the one on the reel.
The later logo (1970's and on) allways had the styled flying fish in combination with the Olympic rings.

Olympic was producing fishing reels very early, they even copied the half-bail Mitchell's.
Anyone has any early Olympic logo's ?
Did they make casting reels at all ?

Jean-Paul