richard kell handmade reels.clarksclassicflyrodforum
- Name: Richard Kell
- Age: 51
- Gender: Male
- Location: Northumberland UK
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| 26 | 11/04/09 14:01:48 | 11/04/09 14:01:48 | 01/14/09 |
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Music I listen to
Lots, Beethoven string quartets, say opus 59 the three 'Rasumovsky' quartets, traditional music of all forms, World Music from Mali, Niger, Algeria,
Chinese Traditional and pop. Hendrix, Mitch Mitchell on drums, David Oistrach, Schubert songs, especially 'Wintereise', bbc radio 3 (some of the time),
Purcell, Handel, whatever .......
Interesting facts about me
I make my own reels, I'm Hardy trained, toolroom and development 1975 to '83. See http://richardkell.livejournal.com/2994.html for a super page detailing my repairing Hardy reels for Jamie Maxtone Graham.
My main site is http://www.richardkell.co.uk/flyFishingReels.html
see also my reelmaking blog http://handmadereels.wordpress.com
Self employed since Jan 1983 as a toolmaker including my own products, see the links. Toolroom and Development dept at Hardys were excellent experience, lots of interesting work including developing and making the stainless steel Hardy Zane Grey Big Game reels circa 1979 to 1983 . Fascinating stuff.
My recent posts
| Title | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Re: Metal Spinning - Bezel for Agate Lineguard for Reel | Reply | 11/04/09 |
| Re: First Attempt at Reel Making | Reply | 09/01/09 |
| Re: Question about rivets | Reply | 08/31/09 |
| Re: Want to start making reels | Reply | 08/09/09 |
| Re: Want to start making reels | Reply | 07/31/09 |
| Re: Want to start making reels | Reply | 07/30/09 |
| Re: Want to start making reels | Reply | 07/28/09 |
| Re: Want to start making reels | Reply | 07/19/09 |
| Re: Making brass spool arbors | Reply | 07/19/09 |
| Re: Making brass spool arbors | Reply | 07/16/09 |
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