Is there any actual difference between the Match Special and the Trudex?
I should say that I have never seen a Match Special in the flesh but, from photographs, all the ones I have seen have an octagonal badge and are pre "Ltd.". However, I've seen Trudex's with that badge! In size and design, they look identical to me.
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Re: Difference between Match Special and Trudex?
They are just a re badged Trudex they also did them for Milwards Floatcraft and Edgar Sealey Float Queen
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Match special is much rarer.
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Thanks for this chaps! Much appreciated.
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Re: Difference between Match Special and Trudex?
The Match Special was indeed a Trudex re-badghed for Allcock alone, but was discontinued quite early on if the Allcocks Guide is anything to go by....and it isn't always!
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Available from 1954 to 1963 from my dodgy memory.....
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Re: Difference between Match Special and Trudex?
By coincidence I looked in a reel pouch and found what a I thought was a Trudex only to discover when turning it over it was a Match Special which I had forgotten I had.Thus I was determined to use it on my next outing.The only difference is the label.
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