Neil, I like your theory and I do remember the almost universal use of aluminium for cooking pans in the late 1940s, but surely brass would have also been more available as it was not being used for shell cases much post 1945. Aluminium was being widely used for aircraft during the war and I would guess that it was in demand postwar for thes ame purpose, as passenger flights once more became possible. It is a very interesting theory, but we need more evidence - aluminium was considered a wonder alloy in the 40s and 50s wasn't it? Perhaps alloy badges was just technical progress?
Nigel Land Barton on Humber UK
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 11:19:50 +0000 From: "neil foddering" <neilfoddering@hotmail.com> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: [CR]Dating Brooks saddles - new aspect Message-ID: <BAY115-F8542D52ECADD8622B7FAFBF4D0@phx.gbl> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed MIME-Version: 1.0 Precedence: list Message: 2
I have a pet theory, which I'm willing to have shot down, that Brooks
saddles with aluminium badges (see right hand saddle at
http://smg.photobucket.com/
The reason for this wild stab in the dark is that my 1946 Holdsworth, in its
original finish, has an aluminium alloy headbadge, of the pattern which was
produced in brass by 1947. In discussion with Norman Kilgariff (see
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/
I'd welcome comments.
Neil Foddering
Weymouth, Dorset, England