Mann's Razorback crankbait

[volzfan59]

While poking around an antique shop, I found a Mann's Razorback crankbait in a fire tiger pattern. It looks kinda old and a little rough. I've removed all the hooks and split rings, plus gave it a bath. I picked it up for $2.00.

 

Has anyone ever heard of this crankbait?

[scaleface]

I had several back in the day . They were decent baits . There were a long bill's and squarebill's.  Sometimes there would be one that did not wiggle , strange .No matter what I'd do it just would not tune.

[volzfan59]

4 hours ago, scaleface said:

I had several back in the day . They were decent baits . There were a long bill's and squarebill's.  Sometimes there would be one that did not wiggle , strange .No matter what I'd do it just would not tune.

Thank you for your reply. Mine is a long bill, around the length of a Bandit 200. I'll replace the hooks and hardware and see if it runs true. If so, I'm going to have it repainted.

 

Thank you again.

[Team9nine]

Razorback was Mann’s line of crankbaits in the 1970s, around the time of the rise in popularity of the ‘alphabet style’ plugs. They had both a shallow and deep diver, and eventually made a scaled down version called the Piglet. These morphed into some of the Hackleback lineup, and then eventually the Plus Series of crankbaits (10+, 15+, 20+, 30+) in the 80s.

 

 

[volzfan59]

Thank you for the information @Team9nine!

[papajoe222]

It’s the only crank my wife will use in water under 8ft. deep. I had two, I lost one, I haven’t heard the end of that, and she keeps the other one where I can’t find it. 

[Munkin]

13 minutes ago, papajoe222 said:

It’s the only crank my wife will use in water under 8ft. deep. I had two, I lost one, I haven’t heard the end of that, and she keeps the other one where I can’t find it. 

 

What does it look like? I may have a replacement.

 

Allen

[ghost]

I still have a couple in tiger red color.

 

Those go back to the 80's

[detroit1]

I bought a 6 pack of the squarebills back in the day from an advertisement in a magazine.  The add talked about a husband & wife caught 100 pounds of lm on some lake down south below a dam....