Got this ol Turd off E- Bay for an Exorbitant $3.77 plus $12.88 Shipping and was taking it apart or so I thought .....
It appears to be German Silver ,Hard Rubber Side Plates . Has the unique old fashion Lever that Moves the main Gear away from the Pinion for Free Spool.
Everything was going well till I tried to remove the Handle from the Sleeve .
It is not squared as most are where you can just remove the nut and pry it off but sits Flat on the round shaft and will not BUDGE.
So I am thinking MAYBE it is cleverly threaded left hand on the bottom threads and bottoms out before it hits the side plate but have not been successful in making anything happen .
Only two screws on Handle side at the bottom to Foot the rest are pillars screwed in from the other side
Handle is Firmly attached to the Gear Sleeve and won't budge in or out ,back or forth ,nadda!
Wonder if it is threaded on . May to need to Heat it some how ,Def going to soak it in Penetrate.
I called Dr. Elder of ORCA Fame and discussed a bit about whether he had encountered a Reel of old that might be Left Hand Thread below the outside Nut or if he thought this was Right Thread all the way and a few techniques of persuading
this to move in any direction.......
I tried penetrate ,Heat , VOO - DOO,WISHFUL, THINKING, TELEKINESIS then some good ol common sense and EUREKA!!
I tightened the Free Spool Mechanism to where it would not move in the locked position then reassembled this ol Dog
and adjusted a Vise Grip around the tightened old Braid on the Spool . Then whilst holding the Reel and Vise Grips in one hand I used a Plastic Dead Blow to tap the Handle in both directions a bit and then was ale to loosen the handle with a bit of effort in the counter clockwise direction and got the Handle off .
Thanks John for your input.
WALLAH!
Now to see what it is and clean it up .
Well I started the Cleaning and Polishing and found some interesting things in further tear down after removing the old Braid I found that he spool has Splines and the outer edges are Grooved maybe to keep the line from going in too far . It is light weight and appears to be German Silver ?
The end bearings are held in place by an additional Nut instead just the Cap
Better picture of the Grooved/Beveled Spool
Lookin better all the Time with Years of Tarnish removed
Foot came out pretty Good!
Made a Makeshift Knob .Bet it was a Round Wooden one originally
Now to Find who ,where , and when this old Gem was made ?
COMMENTS WELCOME!
