Below are Vintage Spring-Loaded Fishhooks from my Collection (just getting started, lots more to be added regularly):
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Koch ”Frog Head” Spring Hook (Patent Drawing 1134622, Apr.6, 1915) -1uu
Koch ‘Frog Head’ Spring Hook c.1914-c.1915 (3.69” set) Very Scarce to Rare & Highly Desirable -1d Koch ‘Frog Head’ Spring Hook c.1914-c.1915 (3.69” set) Very Scarce to Rare & Highly Desirable -1b Koch ‘Frog Head’ Spring Hook c.1914-c.1915 (3.69” set) Very Scarce to Rare & Highly Desirable -1a Koch ‘Frog Head’ Spring Hook c.1914-c.1915 (3.69” set) Very Scarce to Rare & Highly Desirable -1c
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”Job Johnson 1846 Patent” Spring Hooks – EXCEPTIONAL & RARE GROUPING : (1-of-a-kind 7.75” hook, Rare 4.63” hook stamped ”Job Johnson 1846” & Early Modified or Variant 4.25” hook with imported English bait hook stamped ”Redditch”) set -2aa
”Job Johnson 1846 Patent” Spring Hooks – EXCEPTIONAL & RARE GROUPING : (1-of-a-kind 7.75” hook, Rare 4.63” hook stamped ”Job Johnson 1846” & Early Modified or Variant 4.25” hook with imported English bait hook stamped ”Redditch”) sprung -7bb ________________________________________________________________________
Spring Hook – Swedish c.1888 ”Ring Sax Pike Trap” (hand forged 15.75” long x 8” dia.) sprung – 1cc
Spring Hook – Swedish c.1888 ”Ring Sax Pike Trap” (hand forged 15.75” long x 8” dia.) sprung – 1ii
Spring Hook – Swedish c.1888 ”Ring Sax Pike Trap” (hand forged 15.75” long x 8” dia.) teeth detail – 1jj _______________________________________________________________________
”Dunlap Fish-Hook” – c.1875 Spring Hook – set, front (SCARCE & very sought after) -1aa
”Dunlap Fish-Hook” – c.1875 Spring Hook – set, back (SCARCE & very sought after) -1bb
”Dunlap Fish-Hook” – c.1875 Spring Hook – sprung, front (SCARCE & very sought after) -1cc
”Dunlap Fish-Hook” – c.1875 Spring Hook – sprung, front (SCARCE & very sought after) -1dd
”Dunlap Fish-Hook” – c.1875 Spring Hook – patent stamping (SCARCE & very sought after) -1ee _______________________________________________________________________
”Wilson Non-Snagging Multiple Hook Fishing Device” – c.1961 Spring Hook – set – 1aa
”Wilson Non-Snagging Multiple Hook Fishing Device” – c.1961 Spring Hook – set – 1bb
”Wilson Non-Snagging Multiple Hook Fishing Device” – c.1961 Spring Hook – set, bottom – 1cc
”Wilson Non-Snagging Multiple Hook Fishing Device” – c.1961 Spring Hook – sprung – 1dd
”Wilson Non-Snagging Multiple Hook Fishing Device” – c.1961 Spring Hook – sprung – 1ff
”Wilson Non-Snagging Multiple Hook Fishing Device” – c.1961 Spring Hook – detail – 1gg ______________________________________________________________________
”Mack Automatic Fish Hooks” – c.1891 Spring Hooks (2.25” & 3.5”) -1aa
”Mack Automatic Fish Hooks” – c.1891 Spring Hooks (2.25” & 3.5”) -1bb
”Mack Automatic Fish Hooks” – c.1891 Spring Hooks (2.25” & 3.5”) -1cc ______________________________________________________________________
Ward’s Fish Trap (sprung) c.1904 – RARE -1b
Ward’s Fish Trap (sprung) c.1904 – RARE -1bb
Ward’s Fish Trap (set) c.1904 – RARE -1aa _____________________________________________________________________
Batwing Spring Hook (aka Klintins hook) Swedish Ad c.1869-98 (copy courtesy of Bill Blauser, E. Eriksson, U. Westblom)
Batwing-Klintins Spring Hook c.1869-1898 – RARE (set – front) – 1a
Batwing-Klintins Spring Hook c.1869-1898 – RARE (set – back) – 1b
RARE (sprung -front) – 1c
Batwing-Klintins Spring Hook c.1869-1898 – RARE (sprung back) – 1d_ _____________________________________________________________________
Berner Monopole Spring Hooks – ”1-OF-A-KIND” Complete Set of all 6 Versions (c.1901-1904) sprung -1bb
Berner Monopole Spring Hooks – ”1-OF-A-KIND” Complete Set of all 6 Versions (c.1901-1904) set -1aa ______________________________________________________________
