Hardy Brass Faced Perfect Reel 4" 7'9" Very little spool/spindle movement

Very little spool/spindle movement

An excellent piece of history here

Black aluminum down-locking reel seat over a mortised cork spacer with a 1 1/8" fighting butt made later by Summers

The cap and ring and the ferrules all retain 100% of the original bluing

One of the tips is down 3" and has been re-wrapped at the tip-top with incorrect silk

Hardy Brass Faced Perfect Reel 4" 7'9" Very little spool/spindle movementA very nice Hardy Brass Faced Perfect salmon reel, 4" diameter and set up for the typical RHW. The reel boasts the 1904 design with the improved ratchet pawl, which Hardy introduced to strengthen the pawl with a stronger steel bridge. This reel still has the "C" spring flush against the frame, however, which Hardy would soon orient perpendicularly. Excellent overall condition, with normal cosmetic wear but free of any major defects that I could find.