AH Upgrade?

[B. Dudley]

Mark,
Though I do not have a ton of experience to comment on this, I will share jut a few observations. We know it is an upgrade, so that is not in question. But just a few things about the work. The upgraded grade stamps on the watertable are larger than the original serial number stamping, which I would think to be incorrect. The cross-hatched finish on the water table is also sub-par. I have seen this finish treatment on an original parker and it is of much higher quality than this one. The hatching is not even or uniform, wheras original Parker would have been perfect or darn near it.
Also, not only does the top rib lettering look off, but do does the pattern on the rip itself. Looks very inconsistent and just plain off around the lettering.