This is a Buy It Now for a vintage German silver Kentucky-style bait casting reel.

Fully functional, this Bluegrass No. 25 reel has a single crank at the four o’clock position with a crank handle (grasp) made of ivory, and a click drag.

German silver, sometimes referred to as nickel silver, is a silver-colored alloy of copper, nickel and zinc.

B.F. Meek & Sons, Inc. and Blue Grass Reel Works operated between 1899 and 1903 in Louisville, Kentucky.

They introduced take-apart Kentucky-style reels made with stamped and formed parts, marked No. 25, 33 or 34.

This No. 25 Blue Grass has a conventional frame, with plates connected by pillars, spiral gears, screw off end caps and is stamped B.F. Meek & Sons Louisville KY. on the head cap, with the patent dates stamped on the reel’s tail plate.

No international sales, no sales to Alaska, Hawaii, California, Washington State, Oregon or Canada.