Lonewolf, Yes I do understand, and owning a English double one day remains a strong wish! At the same time I do think that an old english double will cost atleast 4X this price.
What I'm somewhat intrigued is the fact as to why everyone holds an old english in very high esteem? In my view metallurgy has improved from back in those days and so have modern machinery techniques etc. So what is it that a pre war double is thought of as a materpiece and not the new ones by the same makers?