120 roll film spool with wooden shaft

[nsurit]

I have an Agfa spool for what looks like 120 film and the center shaft is made out of wood. Anybody have an idea about when these were made/used? Thanks, Bill Barber

[ic-racer]

Might be 620 or one of the 'older' sizes. I recall having seen something similar but can't date it.

[nsurit]

Seems to be the same width as 120 and the spool shaft seems to be about the same diameter. Guess I could post a photo. My guess is it came from one of my older cameras. Bill Barber

[PhotoJim]

I have a wooden 120 spool. They typically date from the second world war, when there were shortages of metal.

[athanasius80]

Weren't they also used before the 1930s?

[polyglot]

I have a wooden 120 spool with metal ends, also Agfa. It came with an exposed roll of Agfa ISS (Isopan Super Special) on it, not that I got anything decent from developing that roll.

[Akki14]

I have a wooden one. It's definitely 120 not 620.
Mine's featured in the picture I posted for the 120 film article on wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/120_film

I should re-do that picture as I have one or two metal 120 spools now as well. Got the full set!

Squinting at my pictures, my wooden spool is a Kodak one.

[2F/2F]

I have a few of these too. I may be wrong, but I would say that it could not be 620. All the 620 spools I have ever seen have a much narrower center shaft.

[railwayman3]

Agfa were definitely using at least some wood-centre 120 spools into the early/mid 1960's, I can accurately date that from the time I was first introduced to serious photography at the school darkroom.
I'm fairly sure that Kodak and Ilford were then using all-metal 120 spools, which were, of course, later replaced by the present one-piece plastic ones.

[bsdunek]

My Voigtlander 'Baby Bessa' 66 came with a wood center spool. Dad gave me that camera in 1949; it was used. So, they were around then.