Don't knock fillet brazing -- it mat not be as fancy as lugs, but is equally elegant and, I would think, requires more skill (framebuilders?)
For a long time the top of the line Condor Barracchi frames were fillet brazed (still were when I looked 3 or 4 years ago) and I have recently been lucky enought to pick up a couple of fillet brazed Gillotts, I think from the '50s. Freed from the constraints of lugs, they have oversize top tubes and beautifully fluid lines around the joins. These bikes, one road, one track, were bought for racing by the original owner and have great functional and aesthetic appeal.
I like lugs too, but both methods of construction have merit.
Hugh Thornton, enjoying a mild Fall in t'north of England
>From: bmarcov@flashmail.com
>To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>Subject: [CR] New Member
>Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2001 11:01:38 -0800
>
>Greetings,
>
>My name is Brian and I've been observing the list for about a month to get
>a flavor for what CR is all about....... I finally ended up with a custom
>filet brazed Eisentraut which I still have. When I got the Eisentraut I
>wanted it to be different from all of the lugged bikes. Now I wish I had
>gotten it lugged instead.......
>Brian
>lusting after lugs in Long Beach