ISO Thoughts of Custom Steel Builder Around Today And In The Early 1990s

[eddief]

He loves the fillets but does it all:

https://www.rexcycles.com/

[slowpoke]

Sycip
Steve Potts
Soulcraft (maybe early 2000s)

[Lanternrouge]

Originally Posted by slowpoke

Sycip
Steve Potts
Soulcraft (maybe early 2000s)

I thought of Jeremy Sycip during dinner. I also thought of Brent Steelman and Bernie Mikkelsen as well. From the websites, it looks like Mikkelen does TIG, though I can't tell for Steelman currently since the website is in need of some attention. Somebody else had mentioned Potts, but I couldn't tell from the website whether he still does steel. Soulcraft is period correct, but uses TIG. I think my issue with TIG may be that it's not how it was done back then in addition to just arbitrary aesthetics.

[Lanternrouge]

Originally Posted by eddief

He loves the fillets but does it all:

https://www.rexcycles.com/

It looks like he's also been working on fillet-brazed stainless steel. The shop at which he worked before setting up his own was a Marinoni dealer.

[mhespenheide]

Originally Posted by Lanternrouge

I thought of Jeremy Sycip during dinner. I also thought of Brent Steelman and Bernie Mikkelsen as well. From the websites, it looks like Mikkelen does TIG, though I can't tell for Steelman currently since the website is in need of some attention. Somebody else had mentioned Potts, but I couldn't tell from the website whether he still does steel. Soulcraft is period correct, but uses TIG. I think my issue with TIG may be that it's not how it was done back then in addition to just arbitrary aesthetics.

Steelman has retired, and I believe that Mikkelsen has another welder working for him as his hands aren't as steady as they use to be. (That's based on a faint remembrance from at least a couple years ago, so I could well be wrong there).

[Clean39T]

Originally Posted by merckxman

I picked up a Chris Dekerf here, didn't know anything about him at the time. He meets your criteria.
https://vimeo.com/82971972?ref=em-share

The one that was for sale in Toronto recently? Like a 57cm or so? Dang, that one is so stinkin' nice.. We need pics of it built. I've lusted after DeKerf's since the early 90s when Bike Magazine did a spread on custom builders........in fact, that's where my itch first developed for all this madness.

[Peter B]

Darrell McCulloch/Llewellyn/aka Dazza

[bfd]

Originally Posted by slowpoke

Sycip
Steve Potts
Soulcraft (maybe early 2000s)

In addition to the above, if you want old school, Ed Litton would be an excellent builder to consider. Not only does he build a nice lugged steel frameset, he's a great painter too as he either did, and perhaps still does, all the repaints for Bianchi USA:

http://www.classicrendezvous.com/USA/Ed_Litton.htm

If you want someone newer, with the recent passing of Roland Della Santa, his apprentice, Jake Barrett, appears ready to take over as he builds an excellent frameset. Not sure how to contact him, but here's pictures of a frameset he built, it looks excellent:

http://reno-rambler.blogspot.com/201...f-in-town.html

Good Luck!

[Steve in SLO]

Chris Kvale, master of the thinned lugs.

[LouDeeter]

Ditto on Kvale. I'd check with Columbine, John Murphy.

http://www.columbinecycle.com/about.php

[Nomadmax]

This guy has been at it since the 70s:

https://www.franklinframe.com/

[nighthawk]

Ted Wojcik is still at it!

[m_sasso]

Someone who rarely gets an honourable mentioned around this forum, Jim Kish.

[merckx]

Jeff Lyon

[Bob Ross]

Is Whit Moyer still around?
Bill Davidson? Bob Brown? Richard Moon?