Update to this thread as after Carefull examination of side by side scrutiny along with pix to back it up the Reel is in my opinion  a
    POORLY COPIED VERSION OF A FORMERLY GREAT DESIGN 




To back up my statement I found the One piece Graphite Frame only has 3 screws of the 5  on each side to hold it together where the early version has 7 of its Eight making it weak as comparison  to the older Version . At a glance it LOOKS LIKE there are Four into the Frame however it is cleverly cut out to allow a Cross Bar to fit down in a U-Shaped  Groove whereas the older has direct contact to Frame on 7 of each side with one Cross Bar at the Top

New Version with only 3 contact points and a optical illusin of more ....lol



Old Version with 7 Contact Points

 


The Spool while looking like a finely built aluminum one like the Earlier Version seems much lighter although I did NOT weight it  I did measure the Width and found it to be nearly 2 MM shorter and the business End of the Shaft only protrudes about Halfway through the Bearing which is just stuck in the plastic end of the newly shaped Sideplate where the older version has the shaft protruding at least a Millimeter or More and then goes in the Steel Cap inserted in the Sidplate.

Here is the Short Shaft on the China  Reel and the shaft lacks a lot being even half waf in the Bearing . (Can't be Good after a few Trips and a Few  big Fish .)



OLD SPOOL With Bearing



I can only see some major Fubars down the Road with the 2 above mentioned  BOO BOO's



Then there are issues in the  Newly Shaped Drivers Side Sideplate .It just Feels cheap .....lol all I can say and when looking at it closely I found 2 maybe three Surface Cracks around the gear housing .

It is difficult to get Good pix  but you can see one  of the Cracks here






Side by side  you notice some differences like the handles and their respective retainers ,No end bearing Cap , revamped Gear Housing ,and only 5 Screws . The plates ,Spool ,and guts seem to interchange but with some noted differences as follows

 



They have removed much of the artsy work usually found on the old Reliable Versions making it in my opinion Look Like a Cheap ass Copy of the other.
 
OLD VERSION with the Classical Jumping Fish



And the new improved  Different looking  Fish and  Lettering




 A few other discrepancies I won't mess with right now but may add later such as the Price I got these for then the Letter from a part Supplier I buy from FROM PENN threatening DEALERS (NOT ME) I am just a parts Buyer and part Time Reel Enthusiast and Tinkerer  that DEALERS needed to adhere to a corporate PRICING policy standard not discounting the Reels and parts ( will find that Letter and post it later too.  )

So to me China is making these things so CHEAP and in such quantities that a Dealer could sell them even Cheaper than I paid which was nearly Half of the price Marked on the Box is all I can say.

To sum up what I think is these new ones while appealing will just not be around the 60  Plus Years the old ones have been and of course time will tell .

 

Recently I was sent an e-mail from one of the Stores I buy from and they had Penn Senator's 113 H2's for around 58  Bux a piece with shipping .
Soooooooooooo I bit and bought 2 of em .
 
They were delivered and of course I HAD to tear in to them to see whaddup .
 
                             More  Later .

I plan to do a side by side comparison with Pix and measurements to show compatible parts (IF ANY) first Glance  doesn't lookey too good.

   
It is looking like most parts WILL INTERCHANGE  PIX coming soon .


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Shakespeare made a lot of 2200 series Reels but most were Spincast Models .
They ALSO made a series of Conventional Reels and Damn Good uns from what I see.
First I have is a 2210 OCEAN PRIDE
About the Size of an Ocean City  112 or Penn 112 .
This is a Well Built 3/0 size Reel with a Free Spool but NO DRAG nor anti Reverse .
They also made a 2220 OCEAN PRIDE  with A/R and Star Drag as well as Quick  a Take-Apart Feature  akin to Ocean City,Penn, Pflueger Reels of the Day But on the opposite side !!
 and a 2230 SURF WONDER REEL also with attributes of the 2220. Will post Pictures and Teardowns  of each in the Near   future .
The 2200 has no code on it however the others are GK making them in the 1941 Range  .

 Logo was below the lever up to early 60's on the larger senators. The 2nd pic isn't crooked logo, it's just the reel sitting sideways. The 9/0 you have that just says "senator" was only on the 9/0 from '36- to '40. All other early senators had model # in the logo

Here are a few from my collection. I'm on a low budget and most of these have been sold to collectors, and those funds go towards buying more reels.

 Far left is 1959 prototype long beach 60 box. Rest are all pre 1950. Note the slanted title on the labels. Far right is 1941/42 long beach 60 L.S. with correct box. The front right reel is 1942 long beach 66.