34 THE ANGLER AND HUNTSMAN 



make a very excellent saw if teeth were cut in the edge. 

 All parts of the reel are either cut from the sheet or the rod 

 German silver, and after being buffed are as handsome as 

 the finest watch, with which they will also bear compari- 

 son for adjustment. Each steel part that goes into these 

 reels, when it reaches that stage, is carefully tempered and 

 separately in the manner indicated in the second picture. 



No. 3 shows the next step the manner in which the 

 steel pivots and pinions are tested. These are the ends on 

 which the strain comes and they must be of material to* 

 withstand the hard MOAVS of the hammer or be rejected. 



The fourth illustration shows the manner in which the 

 reels are made ready for assemblage. After all the parts are 

 gotten out six complete sets are selected and placed in read- 

 iness for that part of the work which so few men can do 

 well, assembling. This is the most particular part of reel 

 making, for no matter how excellent the individual parts 

 if they are not properly adjusted and put together the 

 reel will not be a success. Therefore he who assembles the 

 reel must be an expert, which are only produced by long 

 experience and careful training. 



Illustration No. 5 hardly needs comment. It, too, 

 was made in the old Milam Shop. The reel that is being 

 examined so carefully by the angler is one that had been in 

 use for 60 years and still in perfect working order. Think 

 of it sixty years longer than the average angler lives, 

 although, if any human being is entitled to long life it is 

 the angler, the sport being conducive to longevity beyond 

 the average span allotted to man. 



The 6th illustration shows a corner in the office of B. 

 C. Milam & Son, and three diplomas given with medals of 

 first awards at three of the great international exhibi- 

 tions. The framed diploma at the left was awarded the 

 firm at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1894. 

 The central diploma was given with a gold medal at the 

 International Fisheries Exposition held in Bergen, Nor- 



