Joe Starck said:
Charles,
http://images.search.yahoo.com/
I say:
I'll take the Ephgrave "squid" over the Rivendell "pizza with everything" anyday.
Joe Bender-Zanoni
Great Notch, NJ
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\r?\n> --- chasds@mindspring.com wrote:
\r?\n>
\r?\n> > As for the Riv lugs themselves, the main gripe I
\r?\n> > have with them is
\r?\n> > that the proportions of various curved tangs are not
\r?\n> > very
\r?\n> > pleasing, and the curves themselves have a number of
\r?\n> > knuckles in them (that is, the curves are not
\r?\n> > smooth, they
\r?\n> > have flat spots) that
\r?\n> > I find exceedingly displeasing. The total effect,
\r?\n> > for me, is that
\r?\n> > the lugs appear "sag" on the tubes, instead of
\r?\n> > looking more
\r?\n> > flighty, which is how I prefer fancy lugs to look,
\r?\n> > a-la Hurlow,
\r?\n> > Condor, Ephgrave and Carpenter, or even Nervex,
\r?\n> > among others.
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > Finally, they do look like they were designed by
\r?\n> > committee, with
\r?\n> > obvious references to italian, french, and english
\r?\n> > styles tacked onto each other in what seems a
\r?\n> > dissonant, even
\r?\n> > ludicrous, way.
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\r?\n> Charles,
\r?\n> http://images.search.yahoo.com/
\r?\n> Is this what rocks your world?: Lug designs that look
\r?\n> like dead squids splatted on the pier?
\r?\n> Joe Starck
\r?\n> Madison, WI USA
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