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darkersomeday:
could you put the links up again dude?

cheers,

billstup:
Links sorted  :daumenhoch:

darkersomeday:

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youre a gent bill,
thanks :daumenhoch:

right, i'm no expert but to my eyes these look like...

the liquor tubes look like standard grade 4130 thats been polished at the ends prior to welding,

the fit van looks to have a front end using different grade tubing to the rear, the heavier gauge rears stays are darker,
the ends of the tubes probably didnt need polishing so you just get the weld burn, my old l.a.f and the s3's are the same, nice :smitten:

the rebel contenders are made in the same s&m shop and look very similar to the fit/s&m's in the clear coat,

my old s&m laf was the same,
i like the look of raw frames,you get to see the tubes used and the colours of the weld burn :daumenhoch:
the craftsmanship that goes into the frame,
you dont get this with taiwanese frames as theyre usually peened before coating so that the metal has a better key to adhere to, they just look grey all over,



have you checked out the curtis t45 brazed frames in raw?

i think i can see where youre coming from, have you thought about polishing some areas and letting others oxidize? you could mask off the areas you wanted to keep polished and patina the areas in between :LolLolLolLol:


heres a reynolds steel grim reaper where i polished just the right chainstay,downtube and right fork leg,



this last T1 is from bg, this cat's polished everything! :shocked:

easyroller:
 Well what initially sparked my interest was basically the same as yours appreciation of craftsmanship, I first saw it (i think) on the S&M site if you click on frames and go to the PBR then it looks like they have baked up the whole frame  and i think this is a lovely example of what i am talking about :smitten: ,( you can even zoom in on this)  ,if you start at the drop outs you can see the weld has created the darker hue but  follow  it up the seat tube and top tube and while it almost looks black you can see the weld hue around the BB and head tube this is my inspiration, though it might be easier to get a hold of one of these, than risk stuffing up my contender? thoughts

darkersomeday:
aah i see what you mean, that looks fantastic,
it could like you say be baked somehow, to darken/blacken the steel,
i wouldnt know how to go about this though dude, you could ask s&m how they go bout getting this effect,

it could be a dark clear gloss? like a smoked clear maybe?

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