Bu Rem Vintage Bait Casting Reel
The Bu Rem Vintage Bait Casting Reel is over 100 year old, and was produced in the mid teens. This great example of an antique reel is made of German Silver with raised rigged end caps. The free spinning handle adorn with the traditional white Bakelite handle. The model is said to be made by Montague, in the Kentucky Style, of a Multiplier. The antique reel is stamped 60 Yard on its foot. The reel spins frely and is in nice condition it does seem to be missing a center cap/knob on each side of the face plate.
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” (Cincinnati) “The Bumiller-Remelin Co. was founded in 1908. In 1909 the Bumiller-Remelin Co. at 432 main was selling Indian, Thor, and NSU motorcycles. At some point they also sold auto, boating, and aeroplane supplies. The automobile supply and accessory department was apparently run by Bumiller, and the sporting goods department was run by Remelin. They had some sort of corporate disagreement and they went to court.” There’s a slight mention of a Bu-Rem reel in a Forest and Stream magazine from 1914, so the brand is at least that old. If there’s not a Bu-Rem/Bu-Co reel connection here, it sure would be a coincidence. Possibly, the Montague-made reels could’ve been motorcycle company promotional items or a sporting line from the Bumiller-Remelin Company, and later the Herman Bumiller Company in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Bumiller company was an Indian Motorcycle distributor, and manufacturer of Bu-Co and Bu-Rem tandems and other specialties, along with selling an extensive line of sporting goods. If you enlarge the ad, it looks like rods and reels are in the glass case directly across from the motorcycle.
