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Old 29-10-2008, 03:52 PM
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I wonder if anyone can help with an old reel belonging to an uncle of mine, which is basically very similar in design to a Hardy Perfect. Here is a picture of it, and a close up of the 'Holdfast' logo - indicating, I think, that it came from Farlows.

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Unfortunately the pillar onto which the pawl fits has broken and disappeared (along with the pawl itself) - as shown below.
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Is it reparable at sensible cost (he's not interested in it as a collectors piece, but rather as a functional reel), and if so can anyone suggest someone who might be able to do this sort of work?
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I wonder if anyone can help with an old reel belonging to an uncle of mine, which is basically very similar in design to a Hardy Perfect. Here is a picture of it, and a close up of the 'Holdfast' logo - indicating, I think, that it came from Farlows.

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Unfortunately the pillar onto which the pawl fits has broken and disappeared (along with the pawl itself) - as shown below.
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Is it reparable at sensible cost (he's not interested in it as a collectors piece, but rather as a functional reel), and if so can anyone suggest someone who might be able to do this sort of work?
Charlie ,will make an enquiry for you !
does look a splendid bit of kit !
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Did he buy it with coupons?
Andy you must remember Regal Kingsize.
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Did he buy it with coupons?
Andy you must remember Regal Kingsize.
Too flash for me those days I was a Players number 6 man/boy !
Think regal Kingsize are still around !
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That's an example of probably my favorite reel. I fish mine (the 3" version) often, and when well set up they work beautifully. Unfortunately, yours looks to be in a bad way. It may have been striped for parts. from what I can see:
The Pawl and post are missing, not really a problem to make a new one but they are a slightly unusual shape.
The drag adjuster is missing. A little more tricky, but doable, five parts to machine, a lot of hand filing and 5 little screws.
The drag arm is missing. this is the heart of the reel, and would be a really fiddly job to re-make.
Most worrying of all, the boss holding the spindle bushing looks a bit odd in the pictures. It's really hard to tell, but if it's broken I'm afraid that is definitely game over.

If I'm wrong about the last point, It might be possible to cobble it together with just an un-adjustable click, and use it like that, but I fear that getting it working properly would be expensive. Worth it though, ther are cracking reels.

One thing that intrigues me, are the six pins in the winding plate, I've never seen one like that. It's usually three on the trout models, and sometimes four on the salmon sizes. It might be a later repair, or it might be an unknown (to me) variant.

Sorry to be the barer of bad news, be I fear it will be very costly to repair. to give you an idea of how much to spend, A really good, original one, in a desirable size might make £170 on a good day.

A couple of Photos of mine to give you an idea of what would need to be fabricated.

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Thank you to those who gave helpful advice.
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I don't know whether my advise was very helpful, but i do hope you do manage to get the reel going again. They really are lovely things to use.

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