Abu Garcia JDM

[FishTank]

Cool old school reel. Why don't we see stuff like this in the US.

 

 

[bulldog1935]

That reel isn't made by Abu Garcia, but by Daysprout, who makes aftermarket parts for Cardinal. 

That's a good price, though, the list price was $600. 

[Deleted account]

2 hours ago, FishTank said:

Why don't we see stuff like this in the US.

 

You are about to get me banned...

[Big-Bass]

They are nice reels.  I have two of them and the color is gorgeous.

[MAN]

2 minutes ago, Big-Bass said:

They are nice reels.  I have two of them and the color is gorgeous.

Where did you purchase yours?

[Big-Bass]

Japan Tackle, a Japanese auction site, and most recently, JapanLureShop.  ?

8 minutes ago, MAN said:

Where did you purchase yours?

At the price they were listed above, it would be silly not to add more.  They are gorgeous works of art and similar to the color of the 1976 B.A.S.S. 5500CDL of which only 500 were made and command a price of $4-6000k NIB today.

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28 minutes ago, Big-Bass said:

Japan Tackle, a Japanese auction site, and most recently, JapanLureShop. 

And that's why they don't bring them in. 

[Big-Bass]

2 minutes ago, Deleted account said:

And that's why they don't bring them in. 

Even though most of my modern tackle is Daiwa, I have a pretty extensive vintage Abu Garcia collection.  I love anything Abu and have some pretty cool, and even one-off reels.  One member on here has been rather inspirational in helping me with some CDL reels and I have been on the hunt since then.

At one point, I think I had one of each model produced from the mid-1950s through about 1980 but have thinned that out.

[bulldog1935]

@Big-Bass We need a photo of your reel collection display. 

e,g. here's a shelf of mine - nothing Abu here, but 3 early LW reels that weren't Marhoff patent. 

 

At one time I did own a Thommen Record, which was bought by Abu, and became the Cardinal - but had to focus, and it was easy to sell. 

[redmeansdistortion]

1 hour ago, bulldog1935 said:

That reel isn't made by Abu Garcia, but by Daysprout, who makes aftermarket parts for Cardinal. 

That's a good price, though, the list price was $600. 

Daysprout owns the tooling that Abu used to make the original Cardinal 3/33, which is why all of the reel feet on them are still stamped Made in Sweden, but bear no serial number.  They are through and through an Abu Cardinal, except Daysprout goes the extra step of adding bearings to the main gear shaft, quieting the AR ratchet, and balancing the rotor.  I own this model as well as a 3RD CDL, they're fantastic reels but are shelf queens since they are made once every year or two in very limited runs.  That said, I fish with my Zebco Cardinal 3 and it's probably one of my smoothest spinning reels I own after I gave it some love.

[Yuddzy]

7 hours ago, bulldog1935 said:

@Big-Bass We need a photo of your reel collection display. 

e,g. here's a shelf of mine - nothing Abu here, but 3 early LW reels that weren't Marhoff patent. 

Do you ever use the particularly old reels? The "knucklebusters," as they say. 

 

I saw a mint Pfleuger Skilkast No. 1953 with box, manual, etc come up on eBay for $35 a short while back, but couldn't justify it. It was beautiful though, mirror polish and all. I think it even had oil for some sort of braking system. 

[garroyo130]

20 hours ago, FishTank said:

Cool old school reel. Why don't we see stuff like this in the US.

 

At this point everything's global. Who cares if the US doesn't have it you can probably buy it online and have it here by Monday. 

[FishTank]

29 minutes ago, garroyo130 said:

 

At this point everything's global. Who cares if the US doesn't have it you can probably buy it online and have it here by Monday. 

True. I have ordered several reels from Japan. My point is that it seems some of the cooler or more specialized reels are JDM and the US market is forgotten. You're not just going to go into a bait and tackle shop and find stuff like this. 

Edited June 30, 2022 by FishTank

[garroyo130]

Yeah, but soon you're not gonna find a bait and tackle shop 

[Big-Bass]

9 hours ago, Yuddzy said:

Do you ever use the particularly old reels? The "knucklebusters," as they say. 

 

I saw a mint Pfleuger Skilkast No. 1953 with box, manual, etc come up on eBay for $35 a short while back, but couldn't justify it. It was beautiful though, mirror polish and all. I think it even had oil for some sort of braking system. 

I use some of the Ambassadeur 1500/2500/4500/5000/5500 reels.  They are not knucklebusters aside from a 5000D which really technically isn't either.  I have a Heddon Heritage that I picked up too that is pretty cool.  Made in Sweden and was a rival to Ambassadeur for a short bit.

[bulldog1935]

10 hours ago, Yuddzy said:

Do you ever use the particularly old reels? The "knucklebusters," as they say. 

I saw a mint Pfleuger Skilkast No. 1953 with box, manual, etc come up on eBay for $35 a short while back, but couldn't justify it. It was beautiful though, mirror polish and all. I think it even had oil for some sort of braking system. 

Here's a thread for you to check out.  With my daughters, I've creek-fished a slip bobber on the stubcaster and Seminole in the photo above. 

Skilkast is a particularly nice Marhoff copy and I tinker with one (totally un-photogenic, here on Heddon Pal glass rod), but if I'm going to fish with one, it's the benchmade NLW reels of the ninteen teens and '20s. 

My ORCA friend Bill Muth fishes Marhoff and Skilkast on TrueTemper steel rods.