Museum Archive: Vintage Eppinger Dardevle Kit , fishing spoon #11955

Hand-stamped devil head icons identify this Eppinger Dardevle Kit, product code 11955, as a quintessential set for the traditional angler. Housed in its original Dearborn, Michigan, packaging with a protective yellow foam insert, the collection includes two spoons in the time-tested red-and-white striped pattern and one in high-visibility yellow with red dots. These heavy-gauge metal spoons are fitted with silver-finished treble hooks and represent the manufacturing quality Eppinger has maintained since moving to the Schaefer Highway location in 1959. The enamel finish on all three pieces is smooth and vibrant, showing no evidence of wear or previous water time. Because the paint and hardware remain in such pristine state, these lures are unused with a condition rating of 6. The concave inner surfaces are designed to provide a stable, rhythmic wobble when retrieved through the water column. Each lure is finished with a clean, dark-inked logo that has served as a mark of quality in American tackle boxes for over a century.