Ernest Dingley's personal leather cast wallet 8' Reel seat is German silver/Argentine

Reel seat is German silver/Argentine slide band over a very beautifully figured wood spacer

The spacer shows some small indentations and there is some bluing loss on the hardware

For sale here is a Hardy walnut presentation reel case - small size

Writing on front cover

The rod appears to have a pale green or blue hue depending on the lighting situation

Ernest Dingley's personal leather cast wallet 8' Reel seat is German silver/ArgentineFor sale here is a one of a kind item Ernest Dingley's personal leather cast wallet. Ernest was the son of the master reelmaker William Henry Dingley and carried on the fine reelmaking tradition. This item comes with provenance details directly from Raymond Dingley, Ernest's son, along with Raymond's signature. The wallet measure 6 1 2" x 4". For those of you unfamiliar with this legacy, I suggest you review this section of my website and better yet,