Gold Plated South Bend 550 A Casting Reel???

Kevin McJunkin · Post by **Kevin McJunkin** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 9:18 pm

Is this factory or did someone gold plate it? Knobs are loose, I'm guessing someone took them off for the plating.

Regards,
Kevin

Jim Madden · Post by **Jim Madden** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 10:14 pm

The deep gouges in the handle nut (and elsewhere) seem to be plated over. There were a handfull of gold anodized #60 reels given as casting prizes about 15 years after the #550B was gone, but there weren't any others to my knowledge. Jim

Kevin McJunkin · Post by **Kevin McJunkin** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 7:32 am

Thanks, Jim, for the info about the gold anodized #60 South Bend reels. Yes, the gouges have been plated over. Maybe the previous owner caught a nice fish with it. Kind of like bronzing baby shoes.

Kevin

Post by **john elder** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 8:50 am

Are you sure that's not just spray painted rather than plated?

Robin Sayler · Post by **Robin Sayler** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 9:15 am

It doesn't seem reflective enough to be plated does it?

Gold Plated South Bend 550 A Casting Reel???

Gold Plated South Bend 550 A Casting Reel???

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