Hardy Brass Face Perfect 4 1/2" Fly Reel 4-Piece Comes with my bag and

Comes with my bag and standard polished brass-topped tube

The tube is varnished and has a leather bottom with small brass nails

in the early part of the Tom Maxwell era manufacture date

Brown fleece lined soft case with Sage logo embossed

It has some crazing to the wraps

Hardy Brass Face Perfect 4 1/2" Fly Reel 4-Piece Comes with my bag andFor sale here is a fine and scarce brass face Hardy Perfect wide drum fly reel 4 1 2" diameter with 1896 check. Excellent+ condition. Full length original foot. Ivory handle spins freely. Stamped "VI". Nice tight reel mechanically. No cosmetic issues to speak of. The reel appears to be 100% original. Cleaned and put back on the shelf. These 100+ year old reels are wildly coveted throughout the world as the "Perfect" reel to bring salmon, steelhead,