Originally Posted by
noglider
I think I understand Charles, and I think I agree, at least at times. It's not that mediocrity is admirable. It's just nice to see slight imperfections on a work approaching perfection. It shows that a human build it, not a machine that has tolerances tighter than our eyes can perceive.
Funny, I find that ridiculously perfect, filed lugs draw me in a lot more. There's no machine that can get such a result; the filing is what shows that a human built it!
Unfiled lugs makes me think of what we see from Fuji and other Japanese and Taiwanese contract builders these days with investment cast lugs. Very nice, definitely better than what you'd see from the average bike boom-era frame, but underwhelming when you realize that such work can be mass-manufactured.
-Kurt