Originally Posted by
rothenfield1
This makes more sense to me than much of this post. Spoken like a frame builder I'm suspecting. Unfortunately, most of us aren't. And the trouble is this part:"you need to look at the work." I think there is a very small collective of people around the world that could look at "the work" and determine what a good day and a bad day was. This is why this Forum is important. If you want to preserve the value of these bikes, someone needs to keep edifying people like moi.
I am not and would never want to be a frame builder. But I have made some attempts at filing lugs. Shaping and thinning a set of pressed lugs and BB shell really taught me a lot about what I was looking at on these vintage frames. I've also been lucky enough to see a lot the classic Italian machines from the 60's and 70's without paint on them. Seeing the bikes in person is the most important thing.