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« Last post by Wompus Cat on Today at 08:01:51 AM »YOU SEE THESE FROM TIME TO TIME ON E-BAY AND A FEW AUCTION SITES
THESE WERE BUILT IN JAPAN OVER 60 YEARS AGO FROM AMERICAN MADE PENN PARTS BUT WERE NEVER SOLD IN AMERICA WITH THE PENN NAME ON THEM .
Here is some info I got from research
Penn wanted to get in the Closed Face Reel Market with their own Models in the early 60's. .
They asked Daiwa to make the parts, and shipped back to Penn for assembly. These Penn Closed Face were built, boxed and stored away in a back room at the Penn factory. Several years later a few did escape and make it into circulation, but Daiwa still had parts to make more, so they were painted different colors and rebranded as a Daiwa reel. These Daiwa reels were only sold in Japan. The early versions of these Daiwa reels even came with a cloth pouch that proudly confirms the Penn/Daiwa connection.
This is from the late
Dick Braun in 2016
The Penn 410,420, & 430 were never marketed by Penn. The story that I've heard and been told is one of the Penn Family was a WWII prisoner of was in Japan and when he found out that the parts were built there he forbid the sale of the reels as long as he lived. When he passed they were sold to a buyer in Florida with a contract/ understanding that the Penn emblem on the side of the reel had to be removed before the reels could be sold. That buyer died suddenly and when they were resold the stipulation on the emblem didn't follow through to the new buyer and that is why you can find them with the emblem still attached. In the Penn headquarters there is a Black one in their show case but it's turned the wrong direction and we have not been able to see the side with the emblem and a number assigned to the reel. A mystery that we are still working on. The original year that they were all built is out there but memory at the moment fails me. Hope the above info helps.
I bought a box at a Recent NFLCC MEET from an 80 + year old collector from Florida who bought those that were bought by the Deceased Dealer ! They had been stored in his Basement for over 60 years the Story Goes and is evident by some water staining on some of the Boxes .
They are all Metal including the side Cover.
On the bottom of the Foot is stamped
ASSEMBLED by PENN REELS FROM PARTS MADE IN JAPAN
One to a Customer $255.00 Insured and Shipped U.S. only and to Members Here.
MESSAGE ME TO PURCHASE
CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE
THESE WERE BUILT IN JAPAN OVER 60 YEARS AGO FROM AMERICAN MADE PENN PARTS BUT WERE NEVER SOLD IN AMERICA WITH THE PENN NAME ON THEM .
Here is some info I got from research
Penn wanted to get in the Closed Face Reel Market with their own Models in the early 60's. .
They asked Daiwa to make the parts, and shipped back to Penn for assembly. These Penn Closed Face were built, boxed and stored away in a back room at the Penn factory. Several years later a few did escape and make it into circulation, but Daiwa still had parts to make more, so they were painted different colors and rebranded as a Daiwa reel. These Daiwa reels were only sold in Japan. The early versions of these Daiwa reels even came with a cloth pouch that proudly confirms the Penn/Daiwa connection.
This is from the late
Dick Braun in 2016
The Penn 410,420, & 430 were never marketed by Penn. The story that I've heard and been told is one of the Penn Family was a WWII prisoner of was in Japan and when he found out that the parts were built there he forbid the sale of the reels as long as he lived. When he passed they were sold to a buyer in Florida with a contract/ understanding that the Penn emblem on the side of the reel had to be removed before the reels could be sold. That buyer died suddenly and when they were resold the stipulation on the emblem didn't follow through to the new buyer and that is why you can find them with the emblem still attached. In the Penn headquarters there is a Black one in their show case but it's turned the wrong direction and we have not been able to see the side with the emblem and a number assigned to the reel. A mystery that we are still working on. The original year that they were all built is out there but memory at the moment fails me. Hope the above info helps.
I bought a box at a Recent NFLCC MEET from an 80 + year old collector from Florida who bought those that were bought by the Deceased Dealer ! They had been stored in his Basement for over 60 years the Story Goes and is evident by some water staining on some of the Boxes .
They are all Metal including the side Cover.
On the bottom of the Foot is stamped
ASSEMBLED by PENN REELS FROM PARTS MADE IN JAPAN
One to a Customer $255.00 Insured and Shipped U.S. only and to Members Here.
MESSAGE ME TO PURCHASE
CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE
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