Hardy Vintage Reel Resource
Hardy Reel Directory Manufacturing Dates
Some Hardy Reel Models and Variants. (Manufacturing Dates in brackets)
Alma Big Game Reel (1925 - 1927)
Alta Fly Reel (1927 - 1939)
Altex No. 1 Fixed Spool (1932 -1966)
Altex No. 2 Fixed Spool (1932 - 1966)
Altex No. 3 Fixed Spool (1935 - 1963)
Altex Sea Fixed Spool (1937 - 1959)
Barton Dry Fly Reel (1935 - 1939)
Birmingham Aluminum Platewind Reel (1884 - circa 1894)
Bougle (1903 - circa 1940)
Brass Bronzed Crankwound Pattern (Circa 1880 - Circa 1920)
Brass Bronzed Platewind Pattern (Circa 1880 - Circa 1920)
Brass Raised Pillars Crankwound Pattern (Circa 1873 - Circa 1880)
Brass/Black Ebonite Platewind Pattern (1886 - 1896)
Brass/Orange Ivorine Platewind Pattern (circa 1891 - circa 1891)
Bronzed Crank (1880 - 1909)
Cascapedia Dural ( 1937 - 1939)
Cascapedia Ebonite (1932 - 1936)
Cascapedia Mk (1-500 Numbered) (cira 2000 - 2003)
Combined Fly & Spinning Reel (1894 - circa 1897)
Conquest (1955-1966)
Coquet Sea Reel ( (1911 - 1921)
Davy Fly Reel (1930 - 1939)
Decantelle Bait Casting (1932 - 1950)
Ebona Longstone (1904 - 1916)
Ebona Megstone (1904 - 1916)
Eddystone (1964 - 1967)
Elarex Multiplier (1939 - 1964)
Eureka (1913 - 1955)
Exalta Fixed Spool Reel (1958 - 1965)
Farne - Silex Action (1898 - 1901)
Farne - Ventilated Pattern ( 1902 - 1903)
Farne -AluminumSea Reel (1896 -1897)
Farne Ebona - with Silex No. 1 Action (1904 - 1910)
Farne Ebona - with Silex No. 2 Action (1911 - 1913)
Farne Ebona New PatentOcean (1904 -1910)
Farne Improved (1914 - 1939)
Farnestone (circa 1930s)
Featherweight Lightweight (1960 - current)
Ferres Reel (1925 - 1932)
Field (1895 - 1907)
Filey (1925 - 1939)
Fin de Lange (1934 - 1939)
Flyweight Lightweight (1951 - current)
Fortuna - For "Tuna" (1921 - 1966)
Fortuna Fly Reel (1924 - 1939)
Gem - Saltwater (2002- current)
Gem Mk 1 (1961 - 1969)
Golden Prince (1984 - circa 1997)
Hardex Fixed Spool (1937 - 1959)
Hercules (1896 - 1904)
Hercules 1887 Bronzed Brass Platewind Pattern (circa 1887 - 1903)
Hercules 1890 Aluminum Platewind Pattern (circa 1894 - circa 1894)
Hercules Brass/Nickel plate Platewind Pattern (circa 1886 - 1887)
Hercules Sterling Special Order (1888 - 1890)
Hydra (1965 - 1967)
JLH Ultralite (1990 - 2003)
Jock Scott (1938 - 1952)
Jock Scott Multiplier (1938 - 1952)
Lightweight Fly Reel (1936 - 1964)
Longstone - Gen. Harrison's Pattern (1927 - 1937)
Longstone - Mr. Mallet's Pattern (1927 - 1937)
Longstone - Wood Pattern ( 1917 - 1920)
Longstone (1923 - 1995/2003 - current)
Longstone 1921 Pattern (1921)
LRH Lightweight (1951 - current)
Mallochs Side Casting Reel (circa 1886 - 1891)
Mallochs Sun & Planet Reel (circa 1882 circa 1885)
Marquis (1970 - 1999)
Match Fishers Reel (1937 - 1939)
Megstone - Wood Pattern ( 1917 - 1927)
Natal (1923 - 1948)
New Brunswick (1935 - 1928)
New Brunswick Mk #1-500 (2002 - 2003)
Nottingham (1885 - 1921)
Nottingham Sea Reel (1888 - circa 1893)
Nottingham with Silex Action (1898 - 1921)
Nottingham Silex 1912 Pattern (1912 - circa 1921)
Ocean - Aluminum Ventilated Pattern (1902 - 1903)
Ocean - Improved (1911 - 1911)
Ocean First Pattern (1894 - circa 1896)
Ocean Fourth Pattern - Plain Model (1898 - circ 1900)
Ocean Improved Pattern - 2nd with Silex Action (1902 - 1903)
Ocean Prince (circa 1985-1995)
Ocean Second Pattern (1896 - 1897)
Ocean Third Pattern with Silex Action (1897 - 1910)
Perfect - Brass Faced (1889 - 1910)
Perfect - Contracted (1899 - 1917)
Perfect - Contracted with Line Roller (1909 - 1910)
Perfect - Mk I (1917 - 1921)
Perfect - Mk II (1921 - 1967)
Perfect - Silent Model reintroduced Second Pattern (1931 - circa 1939)
Perfect - The Special (1905 - circa 1940)
Perfect (1890-1967/ 1976 - 1995)
Pomeroy - West India Tarpon Reel (1909 - 1913)
Poole - Combination Rod and Friction Driven Reel ( 1913 - 1913)
President Reel (1934)
Prince (1984 - circa 1997)
Princess (1953 - 2003)
Rhodesian Reel (1931)
Ryders Registered Central Balance Reel (circa 1886 - 1891)
Sea Silex (1914 - 1959)
Silent Check Perfect - First Pattern ( 1908 - 1910)
Silex (1972 - 1996)
Silex Dunne No. 2 Frameless Pattern (circa 1923)
Silex Frameless Pattern (circa 1905)
Silex J.J. Hardy (1924 - 1928)
Silex Jewel (1954 - 1959)
Silex Major (1923 - 1952)
Silex Minor (1923 - 1923)
Silex Multiplier ( 1924 - 1937)
Silex Multiplyer "E. W." Level Wind (circa 1928)
Silex No. 1 (1897 - 1910)
Silex No. 2 (1911 - 1922)
Silex No. 2 with Silent Wind (1911 - 1922)
Silex Rex Multiplier (1935 - 1937)
Silex Superba (1960 - 1971)
Silex with Trailing Break (circa 1921)
South African Surf Reel (1931 - 1948)
Sovereign 2000 (1999 - 2001)
Sovereign Golden (1990 - 1997)
St. Aidan Lightweight (1964 - 2003)
St. Andrew Lightweight (1961 - 1964)
St. George (1911 - 1983/2003)
St. George Jr. (1928 - 1963/2001 - 2003)
St. George Multiplier (1927 - 1939)
St. George Salmon (1920 - 1924)
St. George Silent Check (1920 - 1934)
St. George Trout with Silent Check (1920 - 1926)
St. John (1923 -1990/2003)
Sunbeam (1924 - 1957)
Super Silex (1928 - 1953)
Super Silex Dunne (circa 1929)
Super Silex Multiplier (1930 - 1939)
Tarpon Multiplying Reel (1896 -1896)
The Fly Reel (1940 - 1948)
Tournament 1931 1st Pattern (1931 - 1934)
Tournament 1931 2nd Pattern (1935)
Trade Fly Reels (1940 - circa 1945)
Triumph Casting Reel (1923 - 1928)
Triumph Centrepin Reel (1936 - 1951)
Triumph with Silex Check Pattern (circa 1923 -1927)
U.S.A. (1922 - 1923)
Uniqua - Brass Drum Pattern (1903)
Uniqua (1903 - 1959)
Uniqua Salmon (1909 - 1959)
Viscount 150 Mk 1 (1969 - 1978)
Wallis (1932 - 1939)
White - Wickham Big Game Reel ( 1934 - 1937)
Zane Grey Big Game (1928 - 1957)
Zenith Lightweight (1960 - 2003)
Hardy Reel Makers Initials
Many vintage Hardy reels have a set of initials stamped on the inside of the frame. These are the reel makers initials or 'mark'. Below is a partial list of the known Hardy reel makers, their mark, and the reels they were known to have made.
| Initials (Period Employed) | Hardy Maker's Name | Reels Made |
| AB (1893 - ?) | Alfred/Freddie Broadley | Salmon Perfects |
| AHW (1901-1939) | Arthur Wall | Silex |
| AP (1933-1939) | Addie Pringle | Hardex |
| C (?) | Callow or Clark | Silex |
| D (1891-1911) | William Dingley | Silex |
| DW (1926-1939) | Denys Ward | Silex |
| EB (1935-1939) | Edward Broadfoot | Altex, Wallis, Jock Scott |
| EGW (1949-1954) | Eric Willcox | Hardex, Sea Reels |
| GS (1914-1922) | George Stone | Fly |
| GT (1929-1939) | Gordon Talbot | Altex, Silex, Perfects |
| IR (1948-1950) | Isabel Richardson | Hardex |
| JAJ (1918-1967) | Joe Johnson | Jock Scott, Altex, Fly, Multi, Tournament, Development |
| JBW (1910-1939) | Joe Wallace | Silex |
| JD (1920-1966) | James Dodds | Silex |
| JH (1948-1992) | James Hardy | Perfect, Altex |
| JL (1936-1987) | Jack Luke | Altex, Elarex, Exalta |
| JRJ (1938-1966) | Jack Johnson | Altex, Exalta, Elarex, Fly |
| JS (1908-1960) | James Smith | Fly |
| JSD (1920-1957) | James Davison | Fortuna, Zane Grey, Decantelle, Tournament |
| JW (1893-1916) | John "Jackie" Waugh | Fly |
| LD (? - ?) | Unknown | Super Silex |
| MC (1903-?) | Jimmy McManus | Silex |
| MH (1949-1999) | Main Hudson | Hardex, Altex, Fly, development |
| MR (1950-1954) | Maurice Richardson | Hardex |
| NMH (1938-1968) | Norman Heatherington | Fortuna, Sea Reels |
| PW (1920-1954) | Percy Walsh | Silex |
| RB (1890-1920) | Robert Borthwick | Fly |
| RH (1937-1987) | Raymond Humble | Altex, Elarex |
| RL (PreWWI) | Unknown | Perfect |
| RM (1928-1939) | Robert McLain | Longstone, S. African, Sea Reels |
| RMS (1916-1967) | Robert Marshall Scott | Jock Scott, Altex, Elarex, Exalta, Silex, Super Silex Multiplier |
| RR (1938-1950) | Robert Richardson | Fly |
| TA (1920-1947) | Thomas Appleby | Silex |
| TAG (1928-1978) | Thomas Armstrong | Fly |
| TB (? - ?) | Thomas Bates | ? |
| TD (? - ?) | ? | Perfect |
| TH (1928-1930) | Thomas Hall | Fly, Hardex |
| TM (1946-1997) | Terence Moore | Hardex |
| TP (1920-1930) | Thomas Pattinson | Fly |
| TW (1934-1950) | Thomas Wilkinson | Longstone, Sea Silex |
| WO (1938-1950) | William Ord | Hardex |
| WS (1929-1939) | Wilf Sinton | Fly, Hardex |
| No mark (circ. 1894) | W. Rodgers | Farne |