It's my fathers 60th birthday in January and I would like to buy him a cane rod and reel (Not cane) that was manufactured in 1950. Can anyone advise where I should start looking?.

Carl

I will make a start E Bay would be you best bet if you want to pick up a bargain but if you want provenance you would have to go to a dedicated seller of old split cane & old reels.
Tight Lines

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Carl may have a reel of that vintage ,should slip it in my bag for sunday,may be not your cup of tea but will dig out some sites to visit !

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Carl one of our own Forum members H4Hardy should be able to help through his www.vintagefishingtackle.co.uk site.
Drop Aaron an e-mail or browse His site as I am sure He would be able to Help, if He doesnt have anything He sure can point you in the right direction.
ATB
Martin