Nobby wrote: ↑Thu Mar 08, 2018 9:22 am
Funnily enough, in all these years I've only seen one such reel actually bearing the JW Young name! Whereas I have seen two Gamaflows for Gamages, so the Youngs reel might actually be the rarest of the lot!
I had heard that they were allowed to make the reel by Homer. Perhaps this means a licence fee was paid? I really have no idea.
I started keeping one eye open for a Homer branded one more out of a desire for completeness Nobby. However, as my initial post suggests, I did wonder if they even existed. I think Homer may be addictive! Ever since I saw the first photograph of the Perfection Flick Em with the support spokes inside, I've liked the look of them. Grumpy Graham currently has a an Albert Smith branded one on his site. Thanks to Fredline, I now know just how old the design is.
I spent last night cleaning and oiling what I could take apart and then putting her back together. Now, so long as a centrepin runs freely and is relatively easy to start, I'm not interested in "spin time". However, as I now have a Homer Flick Em, a Trudex and a Rapidex, all in good mechanical condition, I thought I may as well oil them up and give them a comparative spin. Hardly fair on the telephone latch Flick Em but what the hell. The Trudex and Rapidex seem mechanically perfect to me whilst both the Flick Em and the Perfection have a very slight wobble.
Anyway, to my surprise, the longest spin was the Perfection Flick Em at 1.5 minutes roughly.
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