This particular thread has been fun reading for me at least. There is another aspect the levers which I have noticed and as we are intent on delving into the minutia, consider this: If you measure the distance between the top of the campagnolo on the lever handle to the top edge of the the piece, I note a certain consistancy between the first and later version. Has anyone else noticed this? I could go and line up all the levers again and measure if we really need to. The levers with the smaller dimension have also markedly more angle at the top where the lever closes against the body. The later levers are more or less at 90 degrees, which make them open up less when they are mated to the body, thus would work for smaller hands.
Also when I lined up my parade of loose levers, I prematurely thought I had the coveted Ken D. Signature model with drilled holes. Alas, the odd thing is that on 2 sets of levers I own, the holes look drilled....until you get down to the tip and then there is distortion. None of the holes are in fact drilled when you look closely, but they sure are very round and undistorted, unlike other levers I have which ALL the holes show marked distortion.
Riccardo Bulissimo
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