Back to 'Traditional' basics...
- Silfield
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Re: Back to 'Traditional' basics...
That has got to be the nicest reel I have ever clapped eyes on, just stunning
“There is certainly something in angling that tends to produce a serenity of the mind.”
Washington Irving
Washington Irving
- Mike Norbury
- Stickleback
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Re: Back to 'Traditional' basics...
what a stunning reel very impressive
- Russell Brown
- Rudd
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A beautiful reel indeed.
- Barbelbonce
- Rudd
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Re: Back to 'Traditional' basics...
I can add nothing to everything that has been written above by fellow contributors.
The reel of my dreams - exactly the spec and style that I covet.
Thank you for sharing it with us all, Mr Delag! We are very privileged indeed.
Mike
?Basics? - Hardly!
The reel of my dreams - exactly the spec and style that I covet.
Thank you for sharing it with us all, Mr Delag! We are very privileged indeed.
Mike
?Basics? - Hardly!
- OldRod
- Grayling
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Re: Back to 'Traditional' basics...
That's beautiful WM.
At the end of the game, the pawn and the King go back into the same box........
- Hovis
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Re: Back to 'Traditional' basics...
Thanks watermole+. A suspect few will truly appreciate the time and skills that goes into something like this. Even a simple part like the check spring clearly takes work and trial and error. Superb.Watermole+ wrote: ↑Wed Mar 30, 2022 10:21 pm Thank you to everybody for all your very kind words and wishes…it means a lot at this time..
Hovis..The dark leaded finish is a chemical etch process with hot acid and boiling water cleaning…and not a very nice one to use. It actually took four attempts and a lot of unseemly muttering under the breath before a reasonably satisfactory result was achieved, even then it was not entirely even.
I made a few calliper springs by bending, rolling and flattening metal but they all failed miserably. After several fails (and more deposits in the swear box) I turned one on the lathe and radiused the edges by hand. Then, after heat treatment, it went completely out of shape so ended up tapping it flat with a special tempering hammer anyway…and more hand filing….! I think there is more to spring making than meets the eye.
Thank you again,
Wm+
I have laid aside business, and gone a'fishing.
Izaak Walton
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Re: Back to 'Traditional' basics...
Absolutely stunning and so pleased to see that you are back with us…….
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Bernard Venables
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Hi, good to see you are still making those very fine - beautiful reels.
- Mick
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Re: Back to 'Traditional' basics...
Good to have you back Sir! Keep up the wonderful work. Absolutely stunning!