Hi TC,

Thanks for doing that for us, I appreciate it greatly.

Hermosil's 45 is an early Series II machine that would've been built late 1972 into 73 and as such would've originally come with a HK25 Kirby Lauson engine fitted as standard.

Sadly it's hit something big time and thus broken a segment of blade out of the reel. These can be repaired by a good tradesman but not too many will do it nowadays. Most times the reel as a complete assembly would be substituted to solve the issue, but have you seen the price of reels since this SB craze has escalated out of control.

Cheers,
BB.

I live a 24 Hour lifestyle, but every now and again I seem to fall asleep, well at least that's what my wife tells me.