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Who did the faux-heritage Americana?

Not knocking Tom Donhou in any way - who I think is a fantastic framebuilder - but I find this sort of thing a bit twee:

And in general what I mean by "faux-heritage Americana" is that Rivendell look... can't fault the craftsmanship, but it does go out of its way to evoke traditions that I'm not sure ever really existed.

Winter are from Portland, and the paint job is freehand and reminded me of a master coachworks painter... except it's not, it's clearly the work of Keith Anderson ( http://www.keithandersoncycles.com/paint.html ) who along with Joe Bell is one of the few of the greater painters.

The UK, AFAIK, doesn't really have a painter anywhere near their league. I kept my Robin Mather paint job very simple because of that.

For sure. All super nice. But it feels like a crossover from American classic custom / hot rod stuff, no? Not a real art deco tradition.

Oh, and they did invent a prize category so that Winter could win.

Shared with Roberts... ;)