ABU Angling: Lures and Baits
Packaging/Storage Styles from 1940 > 1981
A.B.Urfabriken changes it's
approach to presenting lures for sale many time over the time
its lures were made in Sweden.
The original all paper, flimsy
paper boxes came in 3 sizes and with 2 types of illustration,
viz the 8 window or 11 window factory picture, later had a
splashing fish!
Very rare ABU Minnow from Finland
Next came with USA sales when
some boxes were made with old flimsy paper and had a clear
cellophane viewing window . Thanks to Mike Elsworth
The end of boxes always held the
Lure Identification details, viz Name, weight and/or length.
Some early ones were left bland and details hand-written on end
of he box.
The next variation was the more
sturdy heavier cardboard box with slide off plastic lid. These
came in 3 sizes and 3 issue variations.
Later Vacuum formed clear
plastic shells were used to display lures such as Toby, Luster,
Hi-lo, Rakan , Rauto, Skal Blanket, Reflex etc
MUST SETS were created in hard
plastic divisioned , all clear boxes and then later black based
with clear top boxes. These were produced with 4 to 10
divisions.
They were also sold later in disposable cheap plastic
bubble boxes
Hanging cards, both long where
hooks are pinned to card and short type with loose hanging lure
were utilized for economy in later 70's. I have seen green,
yellow and blue variations.
A further variation noted
particularly for smaller ice perks /Pimpel lures and tiny
Droppen spinners was to enclose in a clear plastic bag
hanging from a small card.
Some enterprising re-sellers even bagged up stock in random ways
to sets groups of lures more inexpensively.
This is how they
look today manufactured and packaged in Asia
If you have any other
older ABU lures, or boxes that are un-needed or
doubles in your collection and are available for
swapping
or a reasonable fee, I would be
very pleased to hear from you.