Restoring a 70 year old Shakespeare No. 1924 Direct Drive Reel Model FK and how to Date them.

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  • Опубліковано 23 лис 2024

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  • @rrfishing2865
    @rrfishing2865 Місяць тому +1

    I’ve got this exact model!! Sweet. These are super fun go restore.

    • @outdoornobles
      @outdoornobles  Місяць тому +1

      Yea it was a fun project I’ve got a pfleuger I’m cleaning up now but I think I lost half the video

  • @kuriboh635
    @kuriboh635 Рік тому +2

    I just got my lot of vintage reels off eBay delivered. One of these 1924s, a 1921 and 2 1928 deluxe for $30 total. Can't wait to get home to check dates of manufacture on them. I will be putting them on a heddon starcast, and a johnny walker rods I got for $15 from a thrift store

    • @outdoornobles
      @outdoornobles  Рік тому +1

      That’s awesome man

    • @kuriboh635
      @kuriboh635 Рік тому +2

      @outdoornobles two are 1951s one is 1953, and one is a 1967. Some super cool reels for sure

  • @Michaeljordan147
    @Michaeljordan147 2 роки тому +1

    Good video subbed brother

  • @bushfishncook2128
    @bushfishncook2128 2 роки тому +1

    Chalky sent me your way mate 👍🏼
    Woah this is so cool definitely the only one I have ever seen before
    Awesome you could get it working again and save it can't wait to see you try it out
    Hopefully the rareness of it lures in a rare fish 😅
    Keep up the great work will be watching along from now on
    Tight lines 🎣

    • @outdoornobles
      @outdoornobles  2 роки тому +1

      Appreciate you and Chalky. It works beautifully now, I attached a Heddon River Runt lure that’s about as old as it is and gave it a couple yard cast on a rod I modified to fit that handle that came with it and it went sailing smoothly across the yard. Can’t wait to catch one on it ;) thanks again glad
      To have you watching

    • @bushfishncook2128
      @bushfishncook2128 2 роки тому +1

      @@outdoornobles can't wait to see you catch something on it 👍🏼
      Looking forward to see what else your channel has to offer 👍🏼
      Just finished some editing so will be taking a look at more tomorrow 🎣

    • @outdoornobles
      @outdoornobles  2 роки тому +1

      @@bushfishncook2128 thanks again bud, my biggest largemouth so far was caught on a Shakespeare professional from 1955 with the accompanying pistol grip Glasscaster rod it’s amazing how well these things were built

    • @bushfishncook2128
      @bushfishncook2128 2 роки тому +1

      @@outdoornobles no worries at all mate and my saying has always been if it was built before the 70s it was built properly 👍🏼
      That's awesome to be catching fish on the older style gear I used to have an antique rod at one stage unfortunately it got stolen from my garage...

    • @outdoornobles
      @outdoornobles  2 роки тому

      @@bushfishncook2128 I agree with your saying and I can’t stand a thief, dislike them even more than someone who cast over me when they see my kids catch a fish. Hopefully you get a hold of another antique sometime here soon, you and Chalky.

  • @ragnarragnarsson3128
    @ragnarragnarsson3128 Рік тому +1

    Try some blue penn reel grease on the gears. Oil doesn't stay put.

  • @marcelopescador3210
    @marcelopescador3210 Рік тому +2

    TENHO UM IGUAL À ESSE DI ANO DE 1902!
    SERÁ QUE 😢ELE TEM ALGUM VALOR FINANCEIRO?
    VOU VENDÊ-LO!

  • @aprilcorrales5597
    @aprilcorrales5597 2 роки тому +1

    I just found this same model reel sitting by some vending machines at a hotel

    • @outdoornobles
      @outdoornobles  2 роки тому +1

      O wow, yea these old reels are so well made and they made plenty of them take a bit to get use to casting but with a good rod, line and lure set up they still function well and my PB largemouth was on an antique rod and reel

  • @mdabakey4446
    @mdabakey4446 11 місяців тому +1

    Mine still has the dark green paint on it, any tips on how to restore it

    • @outdoornobles
      @outdoornobles  11 місяців тому

      This things are made extremely well and with few parts so just carefully disassemble and take photos of each step so you know where and how to put it back apart and clean with alcohol and q tips used lightly. Most of the problematic build up will be from old oil build up which will clean up easily and then add a drop of reel oil to the gears as you reassemble and it should work like a charm. As far as the paint goes I’ve not repainted one myself so I’ll hold off on advise for painting at the moment. Hope that helps and have a great new year bud

  • @fishcatcherjacoby1188
    @fishcatcherjacoby1188 2 роки тому +1

    Did some work too it

    • @outdoornobles
      @outdoornobles  2 роки тому +1

      Yes it took some cleaning but these things last man. When you come up you can fish with one of these grand pa reels ;)

  • @gilbertmarcel6672
    @gilbertmarcel6672 6 місяців тому +1

    Have a model 1924 1965 professional Shakespeare reel I need parts for it..just wondering if u know of anyone r anyplace to get them

    • @outdoornobles
      @outdoornobles  6 місяців тому

      eBay has been where I’ve gone but they are hard to find thrift stores are where I look for old reels and if I can’t fix a broken one I harvest the parts

  • @tango-bravo
    @tango-bravo 8 місяців тому +2

    I wouldn’t say that Shakespeare were the best you could get. I take one look at a plastic gear and I’m turned off. I have a South Bend direct drive from the same era and all the gears and springs are metal. Really, by the 50’s the spinning reel was setting in and even a lower end ultra lite spinner from Mitchell like a CAP at the time would have been miles ahead of anything direct drive. I like the look of these things, but anyone who has tried to fish the “old fashioned” way with those flimsy poles, DD reels and old style braid line will quickly abandon it offered a decent spinning reel or even a Zebco or Shakespeare push button bait caster