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#1 Giant Hippo

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Posted 02 June 2014 - 08:57 AM

When someone says that the reel's levelwind is "hard plated", what does that mean?


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#2 usernamehere

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Posted 02 June 2014 - 09:04 AM

stainless steel with chrome plating on it?


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#3 Giant Hippo

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Posted 02 June 2014 - 10:23 AM

Is that durable?


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#4 eric

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Posted 02 June 2014 - 03:27 PM

most nicer levelwinds are plated in titanium nitride, that gold stuff you see on drill bits.
cheaper ones are just metal/steel then chromed. some are just steel.


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