Antique fighting chair

lumberslinger178

lumberslinger178

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Some of the jersey guys may have seen this on craigs list..... Well I bought it for 300.00 bucks I think I got a great deal , My plans are to have all the brass rechromed and have the wood dipped and stripped, And buy a pedastal for it and put in my livingroom , I have a room that it will fit rite in ,its full of antique tools and boat stuff.:clap:

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I believe its got to be atleast 50-60 years old. If anyone has an input I'd love to hear it.
 
I have some frineds that make their living knowing everything there is about sport fishing, I'll see if they can identify the chair
 
That's pretty COOL, Slinger!!...nice find...could be Hemingway played a grander marlin from that chair...wouldn't ya like to know how it got from where it was made to where you found it...musta been quite a trip!!...:clap: ...sounds like Spare might be able to answer some of those questions...

http://www.antiquelures.com/Contact.htm

This MIGHT be a lead...
 
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lumberslinger178 said:
Spare, on the spindle where the rods rests it says miami thtas all:head:
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The PD had outrigger bases on either side pre-refit, wood with a metal insert. They had "Miami" and a marlin etched into the metal. (They were rough, but I wish I had kept them. The guys at the boat shop told me they pitched them. Probably sold them on eBay.) Maybe there was a Miami company that manufactured fishing equipment back in the day. If spare can't help, you might ask on the hull truth site.

In any event, the chair is waaaay cool.
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pipe the links you posted are very cool, the first one wit the pics of the chair are close , on mine the whole thing is adjustable the back folds flat , the arms go up and down and I have the original spindle for the pedastal that would screw down to the deck...

Im sure if that seat could talk it would have a few good stories.:clap:
 
Pipe_Dream said:
Interesting that you say that, reel. I'm a fan of "Papa," and this guy says he has the fighting chair from Pilar:

http://www.mythings.com/viewitem.aspx?itemid=483126
but somehow I doubt it.

A piece about the boat:

http://www.yachtingmag.com/article.jsp?ID=21015089

and the man:
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/views/y/1999/07/zarrella.hemingway.jul21/
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Thanks for postin' these links, Pipe...great stuff!!...

Hey Slinger...let us know what ya find out about your chair...:beer:
 
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