My ABU Wishlist

More Immediate Needs/Purchases/Trades

See my spare ABU  items to swap or trade  here

ABU Tournament Caster

Whilst I should be very happy to have MIB Record Ambassadeur 5000 and 6000 in my display, I guess the only way a Record 5000 Black or Green Ambassadeur or 5500 CDL BASS or 5500 G Champagne Gold will realistically come to this collection would be by a very greatfully acknowledged  donation or bequeath as their value (purchase) of these reels is beyond the means of most. Maybe this may happen one day.

RECORD Dark Turquoise Green 1300 Red Record 1300 Gold Record 1610   Ivory Record 1900    Record 1900  yellow spacers 450/500/Record Spinning reel German Sportex ABU Spinning Reel   Outsourced "Horgard" Norsk or Sjoa, Nea, or  Figga   Split cane Baitcasting Rod or spinning rod  Original ABU leather Belt and buckle Original ABU sheath-knife, pocket-knife.

ABU Tournament Caster Combo illustrated above Morrum Ambassadeur (Zipi tuned Japan) Ambassadeur 4500 D , 6000D (prototypes) Record Ambassadeur 5000 SG Ambassadeur 5500 G Ambassadeur 5500 CDL BASS Record Ambassadeur 5000 /6000 Ambassadeur  8000 J, 9000 J, 10 000 J Teak boxed Ambassadeur 1500/2500   Abumatic 82 and other models ending in a 2,  or 175, 180  Any Any cut-away ABU Cardinal or Ambassadeur reel showing internal workings Unpublished ABU paperwork/scans of prototypes or production items to publish and share with ABU fans worldwide. As an example of the Companies that ABU came to dominate, any single reel from a different Swedish manufacturer such as     eg Craftsman

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Standard Record Blue box for Record 1300, 1400, 1800, 2500 reels

 

Record Sea Grass Box for any casting reel (Green or Blue).

Record or ABU crockery jug or plate or soup/desert bowl or cutlery from the old ABU days.

 

An ordinary Ambassadeur reel  Neck Tie

This is my very special ultra rare Record Fisken Gold with Laurels tie from Len Borgstom is here

I would love to find the matching RF Gold with Laurels Cloth/Wire badge and metal pin

 

 I am looking for several ABU Lure Posters

 Record or ABU Lures that I still need to find/buy

either boxed or loose, condition unimportant  are:

Paper-boxed Record/ABU lure

Any Krabba coloured ABU lure, 15, 25 and 40 g

Any Pm coloured ABU lure

Any Sv coloured ABU lure

 
 
4G Killer BGL(2nd style)

Any prototype HiLo coloured lures

  Any ABU/Heddon Hilo River Runt Spook  boxes # 9440

  Any ABU  Prototypes, any type, size, colour, sample above

I am looking for any SV (black and white  skeleton) coloured lure

as well as Pm, Am and Ak any type/size

Toby

HI-Lo

Any non Patent black bib XBG 12 g or 18 g Silver bib XBG  bib or Prototype

Rakan

Small black 1/4 ox rare colour

Ninette

7g Cr, pm, S/G, S/K

12g All except Z, G, K

18g All except S and K

 Island

7g Pm, Cr

12g T, Pm, Cr

18g  Pm, Cr

Hazard

7g All except G, K

12g All except S, K, G

18g All except S, K, G, Z

 

Kelly/ Skeden, Pm, Cr and Z

Ideal-X ,  any please ...

 

Pendeldraget (any size colour version)

 

Joker

7g G, K, M, D

12g D

18g G, D

 

 
 
Pike any please..

 

Dubblespinnaren (any colour except S, K, Z)

also some missing foiled treble hooks

 Kelly Borge (single hook...any)

 

Heddon / ABU dual branded Hilo, Sonic  boxed any colour

Lures to exchange/swap include a large number of vintage ABU items

 

 

ABU Catalogs  Wanted

I am always looking for ABU Tight Lines catalogs

I now have all Napp och Nytt . 

I have just one   Tight Lines that is  missing from my collection  1963

As well as  English and Swedish, I have collected a single ABU catalog printed in/for  Japanese, Norwegen, Danish, German, Finnish, Ireland and Belgium/Netherlands so  a single copy of any other country from any year would be very much appreciated to help create yet another webpage showing the World penetration of the ABU name. particularly looking for French, Polish, Russian, Czech.

Are there any others?

I also need any of these ABU News booklets other than this 1976 example

 

 

 Do write if you have anything  of possible interest to me and we may strike a deal!

This list will no doubt extend but hopefully be reduced but generally change over time.