The TD-Z U.S. Trail series, I believe, was brought out in Japan around 2 years ago. It was designed to meet the trend of the use of bigger baits (swimbaits) in Japan (before the black Big Bait Special was released) and I speculate that it was also used as a 'bridging product' between the Japanese an...

Essentially, like you said, it would be an upgrade, since the two bearings that comes with the machine cut handle will increase the bearing count, but more importantly, be a lot smoother on the retrieve and smoother. This is what I anticipate the Luvias 2500 will look like with the machine cut handl...

Well, I trolled through Daiwa (Japan)'s website, and this is what I'm considering. http://fishing.daiwa21.com/index.asp?ItemID=2474 http://fishing.daiwa21.com/images/item/1/20041014141106/izreal50mchp01.jpg and http://fishing.daiwa21.com/index.asp?ItemID=1923 http://fishing.daiwa21.com/images/item/1...

Well I just checked, after just glancing over Jun's article.

The knob is secured by a rivet, and not a screw. So I guess I would need to replace the whole handle if I wanted to use I-shaped knobs. And I'm not sure whether handle replacement exists.

G'day,

Having bought a Luvias 2500 when I should've gotten the 2004 or 2000 or 1500 sizes, I was wondering whether the 'I-shaped' Daiwa cork knobs will fit on 2500 size reels? The T-shaped knobs aren't really my cup of tea.

Any clarification will be greatly appreciated.

O.S.P. stands for Osprey Spiritual Performer.

It's a company started by Toshinari Namiki, and has been around for a few years.

www.o-s-p.net/index.shtml.