I happened to find an old reel that my dad left to me. Its a direct drive and the handle turns when you cast and when you reel in. I think they used to call them knuckle busters. The name on the bottom of the reel seat is The Bronson Reel Co.of Bronson Michigan. The model is the Jolly Rodger and hold 250 yds. Of what pound test ,I dont know. If you know anything about this reel like ,How old?, Is it worth anything?, Have you ever used one like this? I sure would like to hear from you. Thanks..............Fishhead Vic

go to google.com and do a search for bronson reel, It came back with 1720 pages in .08 seconds.

Fishhead --- see my response on Ifish.