Re: [CR] Lightweight Makers Lapel Badges

(Example: Production Builders:Pogliaghi)

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From: "Bob Reid" <robertrreid@tiscali.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [CR] Lightweight Makers Lapel Badges
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 17:01:31 +0000
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Mick,

David Rattray had them produced in the pre / post-war era with simply "The Scot" and a thistle, enamelled on a brass lapel badge, Yes these are rocking-horses doo-dahs.

See this page on my website <http://www.flying-scot.co.uk/ history.html> about half way down the page, I've used an image from the only one I've ever seen since I was given it.

Bob Reid Stonehaven Scotland
> It was the trend for many years for all the top
> lightweight builders to have their own make enamel
> lapel badges. They probably gave you a badge when you
> purchased a frame from them. These were really common
> in my Fathers generation but are now extremely rare,
> you could say as rare as rocking horse s--t.
> I have a cycling friend of many years and we go back
> to the early 70's he is also a top class lug cutter.
> Probably your super doopa chrono sport or other such
> fancy make has lugs cut by him, most of our top frames
> still do but he shall remain anonymous. I am now
> getting off the track his hobby is collecting makers
> lapel badges of which he has several, Selbach, Bates,
> Ephgrave, Grubb, Saxon, Paris, Rensch and of course
> the "Recognised King Of Lightweights" Claud Butler.
> Well thanks to Peter Paine I have been extremely
> fortunate in obtaining a Claud Butler lapel badge for
> him and very fine it is in deed.
> These are as I said earlier extremely rare and my
> friend is lucky to find one a year.
> Finally has anyone seen any other lightweight makers
> lapel badges too add to the list and does anyone know
> if Hetchins had them as none of us have ever seen one.
>
> Thats all for now. Keep those wheels spinning, in your memories if
> not still on the road. Be lucky Mick Butler Huntingdon UK.