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Tuesday, October 7, 2008

HARDY'S PERFECT Reel PAT 2.5", circa 1896

Vintage Hardy Bros fishing reel are for collectors with deep pockets. The Hardy Perfect as I understand have many version. Properly this is one of the rare ones.
The the famous Hardy logo hand holding a rod with reel and the oval Hardy Bros of Alnwick.
The Hardy perfect reel was one of the smoothly alike reel during the period, thanks to the Hardy Bros ingenious engineering design. A race way ball-bearing was install in this reel. Properly the world first fishing reel with ball-bearing at that period.

The owner parted this reel for a sum of $4,051.10 at E-Bay Auction. You can do a-lot with that kind of money.
More E-Bay Top Bidder coming....

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