from a 50s(?) Hetchins catalog: "As you are aware, Hetchins were the first bicycle makers to see the hidden strength cut-out lugs give to the brazed joint, and have championed the cause for ornamental lugs against the combined force of our lesser sklled brethren in the cycle trade."
well, it <must> be true. e-RICHIE chester, ct
snipped: "Barbour, Christopher" <cbarbo01@ase.tufts.edu> writes: ".... Hetchins most assuredly is what American enthusiasts think first when they think of the art or craft of fancy lugs. Bruce however is trying to establish an important fact in the _history_ of fancy lugs, and history uses different terms than art.