Honjo Fender H-4 650b Fluted (width 46mm)

Honjo… Ok wait. This is actually a real story. Not something I made up because writing product descriptions is both tedious and odious. Right. So Honjo is a high end gutter factory in Japan. Their main gig is making gutters for temples and other rad historic buildings. Because they have the machinery to extrude aluminum, and because the owner is a bike nerd, he decided to knock off old French fender designs. Like most things the Japanese knock off, he didn’t just copy old designs. He copied the spirit of them, but made them way better. I love this about Japan. Honjo fenders are tougher, prettier and easier to work with than old finicky French fenders. Plus, they come in more sizes. The finish on these fenders is unsurpassed. The hardware is simple but perfect. Honjo fenders take forever to put on. If you are a good tinkerer, and you have rat tail files, awls, a vise, a tennis ball, a drill with tiny bits, calipers, and loads and loads of time and patience, and you actively seek out f