E L. Sweet & Son Molds

[litewirehooker]

Just came across a couple of vintage E.L. Sweet & Son from Tonawanda NY. One is in excellent condition and the other has a broke hinge but still works. Anyone know much about theses molds?

lightwirehooker

[yellowjacket]

no would love 2 see a pic though

[litewirehooker]

[Redman]

Not a jig mold but a old inexpensive cast aluminium mold for egg and bell sinker molds. Collectible to some one, one man's junk is another man's treasure. To bad you don't have the rods for the bottom mold. Those make good catfish weights.

Redman

[JSC]

Sweets Molds during those days gone by, were excellent molds ... Rember the cover of their catalog, had a Kid with his fishin pole over his shoulder .....
Not Old ... Just gettin Older

JSC

[Fatman]

Tonawanda NY right up the road from where I grew up!! Wish I had all my Uncle's old molds that I casted with when I was a kid. They made a lot of good sinkers. The egg sinker mold you can try using a metal coat hanger or even nails they were a pain but they worked.

Fatman

[Redman]

JSC Sounds like you and Fatman are a Geezers like me. We have seen a lot and at that time there were many regional manufactures. I was very luck to grow up in the Mid-west. We had Do-It who when they came out with the wood handles we thought that they were better than sliced bread. Then there were Amet who would make you a custom mold for the enormous price of $35. These had rubber air hose over steel rod handles and we were in heaven. Had to be we could cast all day and not get burn hands. I still have a old Do-It than is from the early 1960's ( bank sinker mold ) and I still use it on occasion to make up some catfish weights.

At our age its darn fun to sit and reminisce. Some of these young tiers will be doing the same thing one day just hope that I can catch a glimpse from the great beyond. You know that I will be smiling and remember how it was in there day.

By the way Fatman coat hangers were the thing to use in the egg sinker mold as they had a enamel finish on them and would pull out easier.

Redman

[Uncle Grump]

Here are the cavity images for 3 EL Sweet molds I have.....



UG

[Redman]

Uncle Grump looks like one might have be a salt water the other two freshwater. Top left is early barbed for sure. Any idea of the year of manufacturing ??? My favorite is the bottom left looks like a very mixed bag of jig heads could be made from it. They are SWEET and that is a pun.

Redman

[Uncle Grump]

Redman

I've no idea as to how old these are, nor salt/freshwater use. I was given these about 2-3 years ago by a guy in my area who no longer pours. Back when, he used to pour/tie alot. These may have been his dad's for all I know. If one of these is a "saltwater" model - it is very light - I don't think any of these will pour much heavier than 5/8 - 3/4 oz.

Was also given a Herters mold, a Palmer mold, and one custom mold by the same guy.

I've tryed pouring w/ all of these - they all do, but there is alot of flash.

UG