My Holland balances as good or better than any Darne I have ever shouldered, and it does not have such a horrendous action design. One look at a Darne and you do not have to wonder long why the British best is the world wide standard.

Really ribs and the soldiering of them is not that big of a deal, nor is rust bluing once you have it mastered.

" all that rigmarole with clamps, torches and solder is one of them"

not really rigamarole, more just simple set up and quality gunwork, no real mysteries involved.

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