Assuming (hoping) you got the eBay ones, I think they appear much more nicely made than the others you link'd to.
Jeff Slotkin, usually at The Bicycle Shoppe, Charleston, SC
On Oct 2, 2009, at 12:39 PM, simon bird wrote:
> Listers,
> I have just bought a pair of these levers for possibly a good price
> (I haven't received them yet)
>
> I couldn't find many good images or good information on them on-line
> and I'm hoping that you (all) might be able to help.
>
> Do any of you have links to good images of the levers?
>
> How many types were there? I know of 3 but can only find images of 2;
> And who made them?
>
>
> http://1.bp.blogspot.com/
> or
> http://tinyurl.com/
>
>
> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/
> or
> http://tinyurl.com/
>
> What were the years of popularity? I've seen photos of Bartali using
> them in 1949 (I think for the first time) - oddly not on the bike in
> The Competition Bicycle, though some photos of that year's Tour do
> show them. Bartali seems to be riding the ones from the first link -
> or very similar.
>
> Some seem to fetch good money, is one design more desirable than the
> others?
>
> Simon Bird
> London
> England.