Re: [CR]Re: Bilam and shaping machine

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Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 12:41:59 -0800
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Re: Bilam and shaping machine
References: <20040520.153735.3748.126.richardsachs@juno.com>


Oh! Well in that case, never mind...

Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California

Richard M Sachs wrote:
>
> i'm with you chuckie. but not "that" way. not
> that there's anything wrong with it.
> i thought they "were" hand cut. and i spent
> endless minutes pondering the math involved
> to be able to reach the production numbers they
> quoted. flash's 3 parter was a breath of fresh air.
> i was freeked out about it for a long time, and my
> mind was blown too. i don't like it when my mind is
> blown. i'm glad - i find it refreshing - that the "love"
> for these brands is still there long after the layers
> of lore are peeled back.
> e-RICHIE
> chester, ct
>
> Chuck Schmidt <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net> writes:
> I'm with you Richie. When I saw Hetchins in the local shops here in
> Southern California in the mid 1970s and they told me the lugs were "cut
> and filed by hand" I wasn't buying it!
>
> Chuck Schmidt
> South Pasadena, Southern California
>
> Richard M Sachs wrote:
> >
> > no matter what he meant, i'm still leaning toward the
> > facts in flash's 3 part account of hetchins: that - for the
> > most part - the fleur-de-lisssss (?) and little geegaws
> > were applied by mechanical means, meaning <not>
> > lovingly cut & sculpted by the hands of an arteeeste.
> > e-RICHIE
> > aka Richard M Sachs
> > chester, ct