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ANTIQUE REELS
Kentucky, Fly, & Big Game
Reels |
Tom Greene
Kentucky Reels by Meek and Milam: a
chronology of markings
The following are manufacturer markings
you may expect to find on Meek and Milam reels. The oldest , from the 1850's are at the
top and they progress through the last versions found in the early part of the 1920's.
(The No. 1, 3, etc. are examples of how
the model numbers are written on the reel)
J.F.
& B.F MEEK
FRANKFORT, KY
NO 1. |
MEEK
& MILAM
FRANKFORT, KY
NO 2. |
B.C.
MILAM
FRANKFORT, KY
NO 2. |
B.F.
MEEK
LOUISVILLE, KY.
No 3. |
or |
B.F. MEEK
& SONS
LOUISVILLE, KY.
No 3 |
THE
FRANKFORT KENTUCKY REEL
NO. 3
B.C. MILAM
FRANKFORT, KY |
THE
FRANKFORT KENTUCKY REEL
NO. 3
B.C. MILAM & SON
FRANKFORT, KY |
B.F.
MEEK
& SONS
LOUISVILLE, KY.
No 3 |
BLUE
GRASS
REEL WORKS
LOUISVILLE, KY.
No 33 |
THE
FRANKFORT KENTUCKY REEL
NO. 3
B.C.MILAM & SON
FRANKFORT, KY. |
BLUE
GRASS REEL
MADE BY
B.F. MEEK & SONS
LOUISVILLE, KY.
No 3. |
B.F.
MEEK
& SONS
LOUISVILLE, KY.
BLUE GRASS
No 3. |
or |
B.F. MEEK
& SONS
LOUISVILLE, KY.
No. 25
BLUE GRASS |
| MEEK No 3
THE HORTON MFG. CO.
BRISTOL, CONN. |
If you have early fishing reels you wish to
sell, please call me at my business number (Custom Rod and Reel):
(Please note: I do not wish to buy reels by Pflueger, Penn, Ocean City, South Bend,
Shakespeare)
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