Henry and Aileen Hall - Original Barra Kings |
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Tony
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Posted: 10 Nov 2009 at 5:24pm |
Barra King lures were originally made by Henry and Aileen Hall.
Henry started selling the lures commercially in 1981 under the brand "Barra King", prior to this Henry had made lures and sold them as "Hall Lures" Henry's design for the Barra King lures was inspired by Eric Moller's lures after Eric had retired from making lures. Henry added his own style "Coffin Shaped" bibs to the lures, and made the pupil in the eyes of the lures point towards the front. The original Barra King lures had no sticker or writing under the bib, and the majority of the lures had white eyes, although a few had yellow eyes. All of the machinery to make the lures was engineered and built by Henry including the lathe, jig to drill holes for hook hangers and cut slot for the bib, and press to make the bibs. Henry retired from making the Barra King lures in 1986 due to an allergy to the araldite used to glue in the bibs, and sold the business to Ron and Joe Dau. Here's a few of Henry's creations, including both shallow and deep diver versions. These are one of my favourite lures to collect, I'd love to hear from anyone who has any they are willing to part with! |
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Tony
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Here's a couple of cards for the early Barra Kings
Not many of the cards exist as I imagine many cards were returned by fishermen to enter the competition to win 6 more Barra King lures! |
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Tony
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and here's the colour chart
Edited by Tony - 10 Nov 2009 at 6:16pm |
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CaptainCranky
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More info re Barra Kings.Henry Hall sold a lot of lures to the big tackle shop in Darwin and George Vikoulos the owner came up with the name Barra King for Henry.
Regards Barry
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CaptainCranky
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A pic of Henry and Aileen Hall and Henry's shed.
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Tony
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Fantastic Barry
After having spoken to Henry and Aileen it's great to have smiling faces to put to the names |
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Cheers, Tony
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Craig
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Is it true that Henry and Aileen are members ?
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Tony
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Barry mentioned he was going to help Henry and Aileen join up today, so looks like the answer is yes! Welcome aboard Henry and Aileen! It's great to have you onboard |
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Some old photos of Henry in the dreamtime.
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beesknees
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A young Henry & Aileen.
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bluey
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wow , cheers for the pics, some great tinkering going on to make that machine
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Tony
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Love the photo's Ian, Thank you very much for sharing them
Henry's lathe is a work of art in itself! I hope none of the collectors here has a heart attack when they see the bucket of lures in front of Aileen |
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Man that machine is something, no vibration here, check out those bearing caps, washing machine motor, and that gruesome cutting tool - looks like it worked and anyone who can build these machines out of nothing deserves lots of respect.
Love this stuff, nice lures too, and thanks all for posting. Pete
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