He does. I always envied his seatbox, with its small footprint and big tray on the side. I believe he had it made by Matchbox. Have you seen his Ribble roach video?
He does. I always envied his seatbox, with its small footprint and big tray on the side. I believe he had it made by Matchbox. Have you seen his Ribble roach video?
As far as seat boxes go it does look good a good one....
I only ever had one box, it was a Milo Tardis
Seatboxes mg:
You may as well just carry a chest of draws on your back.
Looks like i had a good buy with my Berwick, a used one just sold on the bay for £122 are they getting rare?
Looks like i had a good buy with my Berwick,
a used one just sold on the bay for £122 are they getting rare?
I wouldn't have flagged it to you had it not looked like being a good buy.
Here's all the recent Greys Bewick that have sold on ebay. The price can fluctuate from sale to sale with little obvious reason. I'd suggest it is generally fairly random. However, the one that sold for £122 the other day just happened to be one of the original "Made In England" models, the one with the nicotine handles. Another of the originals sold for £129.99 a couple of weeks back. I'd wonder if there's the odd collector becoming interested in them. However, that doesn't really explain the Korean made one that sold for £144 at the end of November. Ultimately, I wouldn't get too excited over the prices on ebay. If you do keep an eye on them, be aware of the two versions. The latter version is reputed to be the better user anyway.
I wouldn't have flagged it to you had it not looked like being a good buy.
Here's all the recent Greys Bewick that have sold on ebay. The price can fluctuate from sale to sale with little obvious reason. I'd suggest it is generally fairly random. However, the one that sold for £122 the other day just happened to be one of the original "Made In England" models, the one with the nicotine handles. Another of the originals sold for £129.99 a couple of weeks back. I'd wonder if there's the odd collector becoming interested in them. However, that doesn't really explain the Korean made one that sold for £144 at the end of November. Ultimately, I wouldn't get too excited over the prices on ebay. If you do keep an eye on them, be aware of the two versions. The latter version is reputed to be the better user anyway.
Regarding the reel with the nicotine handles and no centreboss screw...once the pin or bush get worn the reels are pretty much throw away, unless you get a new bush and pin fitted. Only recently I bumped into a friend of mine using his on a still water. The spool is seriously loose now and he doesn't use it on running water any longer. He said that would be the last time he would use the reel and he was going to bin it when he got home . At the end of the day he'd had lots of use from it so he wasn't at all bothered.
That's why I mentioned collectors and the later version being the better for actually using. However, I suspect that there might be the odd hybrid about. I no longer have it to check, but I'm convinced that I had a Made in England Bewick that had a float adjustment screw. I don't know if it was a bitsa version or retro-fitted.
I've never seen one of the older versions with a centre boss screw Chris, if you could find one it would be a very rare item.....rockin horse shyt comes to mind .
I would imagine the rarity value alone of such a reel would make it very desirable to lots of centrepin reel collectors!
Are the Bewicks still in production? I bought a new one just over a year ago for £120, not many retailers advertising them now but I do see AD have them on at an eye watering £199! but out of stock.
That would explain the hike in value.