Don Iovino Products Catalog

Don Iovino's
Custom
Ambassadeur Reels

CUSTOM MADE
and
ASSEMBLED IN BURBANK, CALIFORNIA,
U.S.A.

These custom engraved reels are precisely assembled to aircraft standards and are personally built one at a time by Don Iovino. Don can make any classic model Ambassadeur Reel upon request. He'll need model number, color number, type of side plates (beveled, rippled or regular). Rippled side plates are very rare and hard to obtain. If you have a set of side plates that you can send Don he can build you a reel to your specifications. Prices will be quoted upon request for special orders.

We've added some new color pictures of these classic reels so be sure to check them out by clicking on the following links.

New Color Pictures!

Here are a few beauties that Don has recently assembled.

Group Shot
5000D Direct Drive Purple/Gold 5000 Purple/Gold 4500CDL Purple/Gold
[New]2500 24K Gold Plate 4500CDL 24K Gold Plate 5500C Bronze
2500C Purple 4500C Purple 5600C Purple
2500CI Green 4500CI Red 4500CIC Black
4600CI Black 5000P Purple Classic 5000 24k Gold
5000 24k Gold - Side View 2500C Silver 1500C Silver
5000D Green 5000CDL 24k Gold Plate 4500CIC Red
4500C Silver/Gold Special 5600CDL 24k Gold Plate 5000 24k Gold - Side View
5000 24k Gold 5600CI Green 5000CIC Green
2500CI Red 5000 24K-CDL Gold Classic 5001CI Black Classic
5500CS Silver Classic 5500CIC Silver Classic 6000CIC Sea Bass Special
5500C Gator Orange Special! 6500C Champagne Gold [New]2500C Green / Green Frame Reel
[New]1500 and 2500CIAR Chrome Special [New]1500C and 2500C Blue Special! [New]1500C and 2500C Maroon
[New]2500C Patriot RCB [New]1500C and 2500C Champagne Gold Special! [New]1500C and 2500C Red Reel Set
[New]2500C Black Beauty Reel! [New]2500CDL Black / Gold Reel!

Don Iovino's Products and Custom Ambassadeur Reels can be purchased directly from Don Iovino Products or at the following locations in Japan:

WATER HOUSE CO., LTD.
6-1 Yokomichi Hirakawa Joyo-city,
Kyoto, Japan 610-01
Contact: Hajime Oguri - President
Tel. 0774-53-3744
Fax 0774-55-1998

TOKYO SUNRISE & CO., LTD.
2-11-8 Kitasuna Koutou-ku,
Tokyo, Japan 136
Contact: Sammy Someya - President
Tel. 03-3648-7855
Fax 03-3648-7871

WATERLAND INT.
1-14-1 Ayame-Itako-Machi
Name Kata-gun Ibaraki
Japan 311-24
Contact: Hajime Murata
Phone: 0299-63-1864
Fax: 0299-63-3124

FISHERMANS WAREHOUSE
Shonaka Building
Kanara 3-606 Meito-Ku
Nagoya City, Japan 465-0005
Contact: Greg Villa
Phone: 052-778-2333
Fax: 052-778-2033

KENCOR CONSULTING GRP
1529 W. Rosecrans Ave.
Gardena, CA 90249-2635 USA
Contact: Kenny Kawakami
Phone: 310-532-9977
Fax: 310-532-8847

In addition, the drag washers are replaced with new Smoooooth Drag silicone washers, manufactured in Burbank, California, U.S.A. Smoooooth Drag is a fibrous material that is silicone coated and impregnated and readily absorbs and disperses heat. What this does for you is four fold:

  1. It virtually makes the washer waterproof.

  2. It makes the washer oil resistant.

  3. By penetrating into the Drag Washer material, the silicone on Drag Washers acts as a self- lubricating agent so that as the fish is running, you have the silicone lubricating your drag system. The silicone has a stable viscosity from 30 below zero to 200 degrees above, with minor fluctuations in viscosity at 200 to 280 degrees. After 300 degrees, the silicone has a tendency to wear off the drags but because of impregnation of the entire washer, the silicone comes back to the surface as it cools down.

  4. The silicone on the washer also acts as a release agent to stop the old problem of the adherents of the metal washer to the fibrous washer. The adherent of the metal and fibrous washers will happen with Smoooooth Drag if the drags are left tightened for any lengthy period of time (two or three weeks or longer). The best way to prevent this is to loosen your star drag after every fishing trip.

These hand made reels are considered a
"CLASSIC"
in every sense of the word!

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