Have had some issues with the horizontal dropouts allowing the rear wheel to drift into the non-drive side chainstay. In the BF Bike Mechanics section, I found a helpful thread here that dramatically improved my success rate at getting this problem to stop.

However, on the Richard Sachs that I restomodded with a 3/9 Ultegra gruppo, this problem reared its ugly head until I finally solved it with a good pair of DT Swiss ratcheting skewers. With these skewers (picture below), I have not had a single instance of slipping even when I purposely ride hard uphill out of the saddle, which was one of the major things that caused slippage.

The skewers are handsome and fit well with a restomod, but, from an appearance standpoint, I don’t see them as a good solution on a bike that you are trying to keep period appropriate.

Which leads me to my question. What period appropriate solutions have people come up with? For example, are there particular period skewers that look right on a period bike and clamp particularly well?