Fair enough. My aesthetic ideal happens to vacilate between a sidelever Grant (9109) and a MacNaughton Edinburgh (1902). I hear what you're saying.

I bet you'd like the Reno show as suggested earlier. Lots of what you want to look at in one semi-convenient sensory overload place. You're going to have to handle some recent examples from the makers to determine if the theories hold up in the execution.

I suspect you'd admit that the personnel over for the Vintage Cup were pretty decent guys?