Hi to all www.realsreels.com supporters.

I DO NOT SELL and NEVER WILL SELL ABU reels for profit.  Parts etc I have been known to share many spares that I have or help source the same and provide private contacts to people requesting such. I do swap and exchange items, including Aussie as well as ABU reels, lures etc  to friends. Please enquire as to my doubles as it constantly changes.

As you know this is a NOT for PROFIT website with the primary purpose/vision of freely providing as much Record ABU information in terms of text, graphics (and eventually video!), regular and up to the minute friendly help and general communication for ABU fans worldwide. It has long been my dream to achieve this status as a world’s best practice ABU website. The website has been online over ten years now and  the unique IP  addresses logged recently ,  number almost 90 000 different  users.

Foremost I have thanked elsewhere, my son Fintan for the programming,  my first Swedish mate Uffe Edefuhr with his immense ABU Record knowledge and last but not least my friend Len Borgstrom ex owner of ABU, Pure Fishing supporters, Jan Sjoblom CEO and Patrik Svenssen VP at Svangsta Sweden, Andrew Wheeler in USA and Ming Liu who is the PF Online & Product Development Manager in Australia.
Now, more and more new friends are offering their assistance to this website, notably Tim Parratt for creating the highly detailed and useful pictorial  Service Guides and Finn Bendorff Pedersen for his bright and cheerful original sketches/cartoons now illustrating this site.

Hopefully, in future  we will have some light-hearted stories to be shared by our more literary ABU fans.

  It is almost impossible to thank all here, but please draw my attention by e-mail and participate by sharing your ABU story where acknowledgements are made throughout the site.

This has in part occurred due to the support of dozens of people who have donated family heirloom reels, rods, lures, badges, books, accessories and paperwork for me to share here. Also nearly a hundred people   who have been willing to share their treasured images and knowledge , and not forgetting  the thousands of beginning and experienced collectors who keep returning making this site so necessary for all of us. I am still looking for previously here undisplayed scans of ANY ABU paper work ie manuals, catalog details, factory listings etc that could be shared with ABU fans worldwide. All items are documented, acknowledged and shared for all to enjoy. Many thanks!

I thank those 48 people around the globe,  who have availed of the subsidized Len Borgstom ABU History Book offer . They have all sold out now. 

See here for what was  http://www.realsreels.com/abuenglishbook1.htm

My own book "The ABU Legacy" was submitted to Dr Todd to be published some years ago and I anxiously await his reply to see this happen

Apart from those of you who have actually gifted items of ABU products to my website to expand this collection, ( many anonymously) , I still need to pay out cash to host the site.  I have seen sites where a nominal few dollars is “volunteered” but I prefer not to request  this. I also freely provide links to sites of value to fans with no request for payment for such advertising. Glad to help both sellers and buyers.

The most recent graphic I have commissioned for the site is the 7 Decades of Ambassadeurs . It is nice here but spectacular and very original on a Tee Shirt or other item of clothing.It displays the reel model  name, The decade produced as well as a couple of my original Slogans which indicate the heritage and quality of the Ambassadeur reels over this long time period. Something fans and collectors alike would be proud to wear I feel.

If interested a a full size version to use personally, please contact me about some small financial support toward my web-hosting costs etc and I will see you get a copy to use for yourself to print locally...... postal fees avoided.

I have  commissioned this beautiful graphic reflecting my attitude toward all things ABU. It is also  reminiscent  in a surreal colour way, of my local islands where I fish in Keppel Bay, with the Spanish  Mackeral  and  the "Tight Lines"  a  sport -fish boat styled from the 1940's when A.B.Urfabriken Record reels and other superb fishing tackle  was  first made.

                                                                                 

Please just ask for the image to use, if you are unable to make a donation to my work of providing the best ABU infomation on the web.

If you think these images from the front page of my website,  would look good on your coffee mugs , or Tee shirt, I would appreciate a small Paypal donation to help with on-going costs here. Anything  will be greatfully appreciated and I will forward you a much higher resolution image to print personally or have a local photo print shop create what you memento you wish. No postal charges are  incurred this way

For those of you who have chosen to link to my website www.realsreels.com  or use my images for your E-bay sales, I do hope the reference helps with your business.

I thank those 48 people around the globe,  who have availed of the subsidized Len Borgstom ABU History Book offer, . They have all sold out now. 

Apart from those of you who have actually gifted items of ABU products to my website to expand this collection, ( many anonymously) , I still need to pay out cash to host the site.  I have seen sites where a nominal few dollars is “volunteered” but I prefer not to request  this. I also freely provide links to sites of value to fans with no request for payment for such advertising. Glad to help both sellers and buyers.

I have been investigating Hosting costs and how to minimize these while continuing to expand features.

For those of you who have chosen to link to my website www.realsreels.com  for your E-bay sales, I do hope the reference helps with your business.

Wayne Real  aka Abuadmiral