Hardy Silex Multiplier 2 3/4" - early and very rare! 7'11" Each rod is made from

Each rod is made from a single culm of genuine Tonkin bamboo

Uplocking cap and ring reel seat over a fine burl wood spacer

darkly flamed cane with transparent chestnut wraps and double bands of black tipping

Unused condition

Hardy Silex Multiplier 2 3/4" - early and very rare! 7'11" Each rod is made fromFor sale here is a scarce example of the 2 3 4" diameter Hardy Silex Multiplier, catalogued between 1924 and 1937. Designed, said Hardys, as being "suitable for fine fishing in low water". Between John Drewett's Hardy book and other sources, there are believed to have been between approximately 400 550 of these reels ever made and of this amount, 51 were first model reels with the external oil pipe. This one is in excellent plus, smooth free turning