I am always looking close at the backs of the rod bearings, and the main cap parting lines. It can tell you a lot about the tuneup and longevity of the lower end.

Well, art is art, isn't it? Still, on the other hand, water is water! And east is east and west is west and if you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does. Now, uh... Now you tell me what you know.