Which brings up the point that if it's fancy handwork you like, the British builders from the immediate post-war are the way to go. Some of those lugs took hours and hours to carve. On the whole, the finish work is better than what was being done in Italy at the same time. Whole 'nother ball of wax. In terms of frame design, the UK builders got it right when they started copying what was being done on the continent - they were behind in this area for a while.