Picked these up today...cute little 250 Featherlight and a 270. The latter reel has a "bronze" finish...I don't believe it ever had any other finish and I can't find any sign of paint anywhere. However, after seeing the dialogue the other day on the Ebay platform, I don't know...what you think?
wow...nice finds, I was hoping for some nice ones like that around here, went to every antique mall withing 300 miles of here in the last week, i had alot of driving to do anyway, and the only thing i found was a nice montague, Nice reels John!