JB Moscrop Patent Manchester Reel 5" with leather case

JB Moscrop Patent Manchester Reel 5" with leather caseFor sale here is an all brass JB Moscrop Manchester fly reel in leather D block case. 5" diameter. One of the more scarce British reels patented by John Moscrop in 1888 and again in 1891, Moscrop's fellow Manchester Angling Society members dubbed it the "Manchester Reel". It's a one piece frame construction and the whole reel is made of brass. It has a horn handle and is marked on backplate "J. B. Moscrop's Patent, Manchester" and on the bottom of the

one halfway up the butt section and one on one of the original tips

patented design

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Stamped on the backside is

Some brassing to rear cork check oxidation and cap and ring at the edges