Peter,
Re: "and not produced under the watchful eye of the Hetchins family is really not a true Hetchins."
Well I sure have seen some older Hetchins that were produced under their "Watchful eye" that were just schlock. I never have understood how some Hetchins were exquisite and others had workmanship to make a gas pipe bike blush.
Can you explain the wide disparity in quality? They perhaps contracted out some work without careful quality control?
Tom