I have a couple of JDM Shimano reels (Scorpion 150 MGL and the older JDM Bantam 150 MGL) I love both of these reels but don't care for their smaller handles. I really enjoy the stock Shimano handles and don't particularly care for a lot of replacements I have run across when I did a quick google search. Is there a way to buy USDM size handles possibly directly from Shimano to put on these reels that are identical to the stock Shimano handles that you would find on something like a Curado? 

I don't know about Shimano but Daiwa sells their stock handle assembly for around 30 bucks.

 

It's crazy to me how expensive handles and knobs are...

7 minutes ago, Valvodinho said:

I have a couple of JDM Shimano reels (Scorpion 150 MGL and the older JDM Bantam 150 MGL) I love both of these reels but don't care for their smaller handles. I really enjoy the stock Shimano handles and don't particularly care for a lot of replacements I have run across when I did a quick google search. Is there a way to buy USDM size handles possibly directly from Shimano to put on these reels that are identical to the stock Shimano handles that you would find on something like a Curado? 

Fishshop.shimano.com has everything you need - and really reasonable prices, too.

9 minutes ago, JediAmoeba said:

It's crazy to me how expensive handles and knobs are...

Price out spare spools sometime... (shudders)

4 minutes ago, MN Fisher said:

Price out spare spools sometime... (shudders)

I have a bunch. I know. You can get them much cheaper direct than online. I got replacement SV spools from Daiwa for 35 bucks...

11 hours ago, Tom Orr said:

Fishshop.shimano.com has everything you need - and really reasonable prices, too.

Do you know if a USDM handle would fit perfectly on a JDM reel? As in the bolts are the same size that locks the handle down

54 minutes ago, Valvodinho said:

Do you know if a USDM handle would fit perfectly on a JDM reel? As in the bolts are the same size that locks the handle down

Because they are the same reel and amongst different reels they use a standard handle shaft dimension and threading.  I can put a modern shimano handle on my scorpion 1000xt.  Or a modern Daiwa handle on my 2003 daiwa reels.  

How about go big or stay at home?  

This big thing is actually lighter than the stock handle because of carbon weave structure, titanium spindles, and carbon knob tubes.  

 

Several members on the forum have replaced their knobs with preferences like cork and wood.  The tiny I-shaped rubber knobs on stock handles are actually pretty heavy.  

5 hours ago, Valvodinho said:

Do you know if a USDM handle would fit perfectly on a JDM reel? As in the bolts are the same size that locks the handle down

 

5 hours ago, Valvodinho said:

Do you know if a USDM handle would fit perfectly on a JDM reel? As in the bolts are the same size that locks the handle down

Yes they fit perfectly. I do it with all JDM reels.

On 3/22/2023 at 9:15 PM, JediAmoeba said:

. I got replacement SV spools from Daiwa for 35 bucks...

do tell...

5 hours ago, txchaser said:

do tell...

I called Daiwa USA with the part number back in December and got 2 of them with a bunch of other parts for reels I was working on...