Fillet brazing? Electro forging? Art? What am I looking at here?

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Hi guys,

I came across a bike standing in the bicycle shed at my employer. It looks like its professionally made and built.

To be honest, I can't really criticize it, since choices were made, I'm learning in regards to brazing and tastes may vary.

But I do have a few questions in regards to the lug/brazing connections:

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Picture above: I see a lug and a tube + seat stays brazed on the lug. The brazing seems rough.

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Holes or spots in the brazed connection. The brazed part is not finished with a file.

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Columbus tubing.

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Again: Spots and thick brazing.

Not saying its bad, it might be a perfect connection, but it seems quite rough for a factory frame. A customer seeing these connections might ask questions.
 
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