Hello all..Being a 753 fan, I just watched an Ebay sale on a Merckx 753 that went for what I thought was less than it's potential value given the crazed enthusiasm for Merckx frames. It being a 753, I thought "not just any old brazer on the Merckx line would have been allowed to silver this together. There must be one or two unsung KOFs in a special room somewhere who have qualified for Reynolds Certification." Then I thought "No, this would not make these 753 guys in the factories KOFs: they would simply remain really good factory brazers even though their work is sometimes pretty nice." I wonder if any of these guys ever broke out and made it on their own to be recognized. There must have been people in the same category at Peugeot, and, of course, Raleigh. (Not to mention Trek) It is weird what an idle Sunday night will do to an old guy's curiosity..Patrick Lay in Chicago