Saracione Deluxe Salmon Reel 3 1/2" RHW 6' and my handmade black-anodized uplocking

and my handmade black-anodized uplocking screw lock (I don't want to go into how much time it took to make these on my tiny Pratt & Whitney lathe back then

An exquisite Thomas and Thomas fly rod

The pocket cap is stamped "Thomas

The tapered nickel silver ring is expertly machined along with the pocket cap

Saracione Deluxe Salmon Reel 3 1/2" RHW 6' and my handmade black-anodized uplockingAn excellent Saracione Deluxe Salmon reel, 3 1 2" in diameter, and set up for RHW. In used but excellent condition. These benchmade reels exhibit a very high standard of craft and are a modern homage to the classic Vom Hofe style reels. Nickel silver rims, spool, and S handle, with jet black sideplates (in what looks to me to be black anodized aluminum). There is some patina on the rims and spool, though it could easily be polished out. The sideplates