No the Milward Brownie is not edible, it’s Mr S Brown’s Patent wood drum reel that started life in 1921 under Patent No 183277. An interesting little reel! It was side-mounted on the rod, perhaps copied from the USA pattern reels including Pflueger and Southbend, this style remained popular through the 1920-40’s period finally dying […]
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Interesting things are cast packets, we should all read more of them! A pair of Milward’s Tiger Trace packets with contents dropped from a wallet and can’t say I’ve seen too many like this. A waxed paper envelope with inner black paper wrap, the cast still has its Tiger Trace tag attached. The famous […]