The Daiichi 1710 is a single hook with a 2X-long shank V. Current dealer listings place it with nymph and wet fly patterns V.
One boxed size 16 specimen is documented. The age of its box is not established.
Photographic record
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IMG-1Daiichi — New entry — image 1 Size 16 box lid. Pen marks cover the printed quantity, and handwriting sits beside the model number and at lower right (P).
2How to identify it
On the size 16 box documented here, the lid label shows the DAIICHI wordmark in a ruled rectangle with HIGH CARBON FISHING HOOKS in red beneath it P. The model number and size appear on separate lines below, and MADE IN JAPAN sits at the lower right P.
On the hook, look for a plain straight shank, a small ring eye turned down toward the point, a round bend and a bronze color P. A barb is present P.
Handwriting and pen marks on the lid are not part of the printed label. The first digit of the printed quantity is covered by ink, so the box does not give a readable count P.
Glossy, brownish gold-bronze color over the whole hook P. Current dealer listings give a bronze finish V.
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The shank is straight and plain, with no ridges, kinks or baitholder cuts P. Dealers list it as 2X long V. A 2X-long shank is about as long as the shank of a hook two sizes larger. The shank proportion read from the traced silhouette fits the 2X-long group I.
The point is long, straight and finely tapered P. One dealer describes Daiichi points as 12-degree constant-taper ground needle points V. Whether this specimen’s point matches that description is not established.
Dealers list 1X-heavy wire V. The traced silhouette puts the wire thickness nearest the extra-heavy group I. One dealer calls the hook forged V, a term for wire hammered flat in part. A flat side view cannot show the wire cross-section or any offset of the point.
Straight and undistorted with the point intact. No rust or corrosion is visible in the side view (P). A few tiny pale-yellow specks sit on the upper shank near the eye (P).
Packaging condition
Good — moderate wear, legible
Wear
lid label, upper right of 16: Small cluster of faint ink specks. LBL-12
Wear
lid label, numerals 1710 and 16: Printed ink on the numerals is crazed and scuffed. LBL-13
Wear
box upper left edge and bottom edge: Yellow staining near the upper left edge and soiling along the bottom edge. LBL-14
Wear
box left end: Wrapper at the left end is slightly split open, showing a dark gap. LBL-15
Box wear: light yellow staining near the upper left edge, soiling along the bottom edge, a slightly split wrapper at the left end, crazed and scuffed ink on 1710 and 16, a cluster of faint ink specks upper right of 16, and a stray fiber across the right edge of the label P. The hook photograph carries no label, so its link to this box rests on the photo file names.
What the label says
LBL-1 trademark · lid label, top panel, ruled box fromIMG-1
DAIICHI
LBL-2 printed · lid label, below logo, red type fromIMG-1
LBL-5 printed · lid label, size line, right end, under ink blot fromIMG-1
[?]00 pcs
LBL-6 printed · lid label, lower right, crossed by handwriting fromIMG-1
MADE IN JAPAN
LBL-7 handwritten · lid label, right of 1710, blue ink fromIMG-1
2X
LBL-8 handwritten · lid label, right of blue 2X, dark ink fromIMG-1
NY
LBL-9 handwritten · lid label, size line, right end fromIMG-1
Heavy dark navy pen blot-out over the printed quantity; the first digit is hidden.
LBL-10 handwritten · lid label, lower left below SIZE line fromIMG-1
Illegible cursive handwriting, about two words, struck through with thick dark ink strokes.
LBL-11 handwritten · lid label, lower right, dark pen fromIMG-1
36 PCS
Trademark
Black slab-serif wordmark DAIICHI in a ruled rectangle. The D is drawn as a fishhook: a small ring eye at its lower left and a long tapering point stroke sweeping up and to the left from its top.
As entered on the specimen record
DAIICHI
HIGH CARBON FISHING HOOKS
No. 1710
SIZE : 16
[?]00 pcs
MADE IN JAPAN
Layout
Pasted lid label. The DAIICHI wordmark sits in a ruled rectangle at the top, with HIGH CARBON FISHING HOOKS in red type below it. The model number and size follow on separate lines. The printed quantity is at the right end of the size line, partly covered by ink, and MADE IN JAPAN is at the lower right, crossed by handwriting P.
Typeface
The DAIICHI wordmark is in black slab-serif capitals P. HIGH CARBON FISHING HOOKS is in red type P.
Later marks
2X (blue ink, right of 1710)
NY (dark ink, right of the 2X)
36 PCS (dark pen, lower right)
Heavy dark navy pen blot-out over the printed quantity; the first digit is hidden
Illegible cursive handwriting, about two words, struck through with thick dark ink strokes, lower left
The author and date of the handwriting are not known.
Matches: Wire, Gap, Eye Orient., Point, Finish +4 moreDiffers: Bend: Round / Kendal vs Perfect; Shank: 2X Long vs 1X Long; Eye: Tapered Eye vs Ball Eye +4 more
Matches: Bend, Shank, Eye Orient., Finish, Offset +2 moreDiffers: Wire: Extra-Heavy (2X+) vs Heavy (1X Heavy); Gap: Standard vs Narrow; Eye: Tapered Eye vs Ball Eye +6 more
When was this style of Daiichi box and lid label in use?No source in the evidence dates the box or shows a matching 1710 box, so the age of the specimen and its packaging is not established.Can you help? Send dated catalogs, price lists or dated boxes that show the same DAIICHI HIGH CARBON FISHING HOOKS lid label.
Entry last updated October 27, 2026. Entries are updated as new specimens, measurements, or documents come to light.
