I believe Pete Hiatt coined the phrase " butt ugly" to describe the Ithaca doubles ( and M21s ) from time to time.
I think a good part of the answer is that most commonly available Ithaca doubles are simply not as pretty as comparable guns from Parker, Smith and Fox. I have at least one of each, and the Ithaca (Flues 12) looks a bit clumsy next to the others.
Somewhere I've read that action bars cracked in the smaller gauge Flues (thin walls)
Engraving a Flues must have been like painting a bus
I wouldn't own an Ithaca if it was given to me
Yes, Ithaca's are under appreciated, under valued
Looks are a personal thing. Look at how many people marry ladies you would not be caught dead with
When compared to cars.....Even the high grade Ithaca's are more like'n to a dolled up '66 Rambler.
Hunted em all, liked em all, but didn't keep any of them
You can heap all the engraving you want on your Yugo, but at the end of the day it is still a Yugo......
Yes, beauty is in the eye of the beholder and as PeteM mentions the Ithaca's are under valued, so could it be that there just is not a majority of 'beholders'.....?.....
