Vintage spokes are something I know little about... but I am going to stick with DT because I have made myself sick enough with the details... I have been considering a spoke threader though so I can better reuse spokes...

As for the cable clips...I am going for the fresh look with corky since it has fresh paint so I am trying to polish as much of the patina out of the parts as possible... I will sooner use SS than rusted ones, but thank-you for the offer.... That being said the whole reason I started on investigate this is I have been buying parts to flip lately and I bought 7 NOS sets of Clips not to mention the 2 NOS sets I already have... so I'll keep one spare and use one on corky.. there is a chance that some of them are chromed... like the ones in the white bag with blue lettering (while the others are the blue background with white lettering)... I have to investigate when I get back to my current accommodation (away from home). Next week I'll be selling a bunch of stuff again including 6 or 7 sets of NOS clips, to help fund corky an the gazelle. Believe it or not corky is still costing me... I bought a polishing kit mostly for corky's parts and those repo hoods last month, and right now the debate is use the really beat up and really sanded down (so much that he flutes are almost gone at the pedal end) period record cranks, use the TA cranks I have or get another set of period record crank in better condition to strip and polish... and I still need to buy spokes to build the rear wheel....