Yes I think these lugs are refined Ekla ones too - although used pre-war they were common in the early post-war years too. When I collected the rennants of the frame material that was left over from Thanets there were a number of Ekla lugsets and many British builders used them for some time. Unlike Nervex they were a cast lug but they did require quite a lot of finishing before they could be built into a frame. I think Nervex style lugs were available in France pre-war but I have not seen a pre-war British frame using them.
Hilary Stone, Bristol, England
Bob Reid wrote:
> - Those lugs and the bracket shell appear to be the Ekla brand 'Continental'
> model. These seem to have been more common in the pre-war era than post. (
> see http://www.flying-scot.co.uk/
> that, I often come across frames do you see built in the "shortage" years
> (1945-1949) appear to have been built, using up pre-war stocks / materials ?
> Interestingly these Ekla lugs appear to have been the basis of the lugs used
> on many of Singers (or was it Herse Jan ?) albeit much modified.
>
> - The earliest Nervex pro lugs I've come across have been on frames later
> than 1949, leading you to assume that they were introduced at that date. The
> only difference being the shape of the front tang on the head lugs - either
> looking like two small sharp teeth in one style, or the end of a snakes
> tongue in the other.
>
> - Although the frame is now clearly from 1949, there's no reason to assume
> it wasn't sold new as late as 1951 as Jim's frame was. - See my notes
> relating to Flying Scot's - http://www.flying-scot.co.uk/
> though they apply equally well I suppose to any other lightweight marque.
>
>
> - I'm interested Jim in how you can tell the bracket shell was made from
> five separate parts - not out of any argumentative rason, just curiosity.
> The bracket shell appears the same as supplied in the Ekla set along with
> the lugs.