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Wonder if they turn their own casters? 😉

Precious indeed. Third from the right and second picture: a 1915 Aerial? I still regularly beat myself up for not ordering one for my fortieth B’day when they were a mere £325.00 Haydn, my old son, you are a muppet of the highest order!

Agreed. Rim mounted ratchet lever is fool proof for one handed operation. It’s the reason I love Speedias so much and also why, when I was in the market for a vintage Aerial about 15 years ago I opted for the T10 model. Button check (mounted on the face of the back pate) by comparison can be a...

if you are referring to the slotted screw on the front then this is to release the spool from the back plate, I would guess. I’m not overly familiar with Stantons but I assumed they all had a ratchet at least and it’s hard to see any advantage in not having something that can either be used or...

Excellent idea! It’s like Supermarket Sweep In a tackle shop. 🤑

Anyone who thinks they can bag a Basia for for £48 almost deserves to have their pants pulled down.

Indeed. And I agree completely, which is why if you scroll back through this thread you’ll find not a single comment from me speculating about Martin Bowler‘s guilt or otherwise relating to this issue.

The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.😉

Didn’t John Wilson famously fish the out-of-bounds-to-mere-mortals-like-you-and-I cafe area at Old Bury Hill in one episode, where he carp were so used to mopping up discarded bacon sarnie and cake thrown in that they‘d virtually feed from your hand? When I fished there a few years later and...

Not wishing to hijack the thread, and all that, but sage advice this, Adam. I think we’ve all been there with mojo issues and fishing. I certainly have. There are times when I can think of nothing but angling, sometimes to the detriment of other things in my life like family, business, other...

Bail arms not at the same point of rotation… Standards, Terry, standards…. 😉

My mate Paul Cook’s floats are lovely. Paul seems to be able to make exquisitely beautiful floats that still seem apt to use for their intended purpose. Andrew Fields are phenomenal but for me they seem to fall into a category of floats that’s best described as objet d’art. Simply too fancy (and...

The Skeetex I had were horrible. They weren’t even different for each foot, ffs. Most uncomfortable things to walk in ever.

If you have a tennis club locally then it’s worth popping in and asking for a few of these. They should have plenty of them in their bins.

My missus made a few of these for me. Sounds much the same as what you’re describing Mike.

I have heard of others using Detol to strip Speedias before. Given that Speedias were only a painted finish rather than true anodising then Detol will probably do the job, albeit very slowly. I used a paint stripper called Paramose but you won’t be able to buy it as it’s an industrial product...

Ruthless! But I do like your style, David. I have a T 10 Aerial, but to be honest I prefer my Speedias all day long. my first Speedia was a bit of a wreck that had the most hideous casting fault on the back plate. The paint was in an appalling state so I stripped it back to a bare metal finish...

I went through a Mitchell phase a few years ago but found I just couldn’t reacquaint myself with the cack-handed rotor direction and temperamental clutch. I even had a good 300 that had had the gears smoothed and re-profiled and serviced with better clutch washers and lithium grease and so forth...

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Surely both posts should be matching though. 😉 <I have OCD regarding double posts, so I delete :D - paul4>