John, that's about right on most points.
"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder." is a quotation often repeated by my mother as I was growing up and I'll have to agree. Each engraver has his or her own style and, in my humble opinion, there are some dogs and birds engraved on D-grade and above Parkers that should have been left to an apprentice or journeyman engraver who was capable of executing some very fine arabesque and scroll engraving. What I'm trying to say here is that there were a couple of master engravers who's work I don't particularly care for... but that's just my taste. Like my Mother used to say, "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder."
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