[CR]NOW: wooden h'bars WAS: good wood would

"Looking at the Hetchins woody at http://www.engr.utk.edu/~tsaleh/cirque/woodyhetch.jpg , can anybody with advise(!?) about hickory bars...anybody with a link or contact to the renovation/restoration/purchase/construction of same - blurt out all they know? Please?"

ahhhhhhhhh, the internet. i have a pair of these bars w a period threadless stem, circa 1890's - not a bike geek thing, more of an antiques roadshow item. they're in very good condition. they have 3" cork grips at each end. the bend looks just like the pic in the pasted link. i'm camera-less for a while. try me in a week and i'll post
some jpgs.
e-RICHIE
chester, ct