This "Peerless" has an "old-style" s-handle.
Edward vom Hofe used this design with very early reels,- I named it "gothic
style",- it is much more common on reels made by Julius vom Hofe. Well,- for various reasons this reel eventually received another frontplate and a typical "Edward"-handle. It found a new home in Germany. |
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Cardboard box custom made by Peter Schramm, Duisburg | |||||
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This reel ( 4 pics right and above ) was presented by Mark Koscinski at the Somerset Show in 2011 alongside rods made by "Sweetgrass Rods " and maker Olaf Kundrus. | |||||
"Three-part"-pillars,- column and base are separate. |
It was put to its good use in the Catskills,- October 2013. (Photo: Josh Sabo) |
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This "Peerless" reel shows "full bands" made of nickelsilver, like it could be had as a special order option with the vom Hofe workshop, usually for the salmon reels only,- it might well be the case that this is the first size one "Peerless" with this feature. |
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Leather
case made by Olaf Kundrus
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Another Peerless with a "fat-style" handle. |
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My first all aluminium raised-pillar Perfection. It has an invisible locking
detent, housed inside the drag adjuster, and locking in at each of the five steps,-therefore it differs from the originals in that I opted for a little lever "Tobique-style" for operating drag. This heelps to overcome the major flaw in some of the originals, the unwanted eventual shift of drag setting when reeling in line heftily. |
Note rounded shoulders of reelfoot,- following round corners of front- and backplate.
Another "Peerless" in size one finished in April 2014. Very dark brownish ebonite and nickelsilver spoolplates and bands. |
This is my "green" reel I made for
my friend Dan Cook in 2011. Unlike a vom Hofe reel,- it has a one-piece integrated spoolcage made from solid aluminum. Also it has a one-piece spool. My idea was to mill spoolcage as close as possible to a "die-cast" one, trying to bring out the "pillars" as round as possible. The clicker mechism is identical with a vom Hofe "Peerless", also fixed brakearm to prevent line overrun. Screws, handle, oil-cap and foot are made from marine brass. Signature is my original "handwriting" using an etching process. You might check out Dan`s project: http://www.riversofrecovery.org/ |
Here you can download (with some patience, please) a folder with some information about my reelmaking which I made for the presentation of my reel at the Somerset show in 2011.