The issue isn't the handiwork on the frame; the gorgeous details on the bottom bracket et al were the reason I wanted this frame. A question of terminology; does one even describe such things as pantographing; are they typically created by the same method? My problem is with what Zunow did to the C-Record components pictured in their catalog. To my eye the style of lettering is completely out of place on such 'swoopy' components. Perhaps it looks better in person.
If you want to see something that I think is on the opposite side of the spectrum, there's another list member in the Seattle area who outbid me on cyclo's Hetchins Magnum Opus auction a couple of years ago. Now that had great pantographing; the cranks and Delta brakes carried over the Magnum Opus lug pattern.
So, to be certain this post is on-topic; which vintage makers had the best pantographing? I've got an early 80's Super Record Colnago where it seems half the parts carry the Colnago name and insignia but this was fairly common stuff. Did anyone else do it better? The best I've seen, but only in photos, is the afore-mentioned Hetchins and that was a one-off custom job.
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I owned a Zunow and found the pantographing on the bb shell to be one of the
better attributes of the frame. Just goes to show you how we all look at our bikes differently. Lou Deeter, Orlando FL