[ithacaartist]

Yes, they do look great. Notice the area that the web between your thumb and forefinger would wrap around (This concave curve is a really demanding b____ to do.). The lines do not look straight from this angle; however, if you sight down the lines or view them totally from the side, they do!

Notice also how some of the lines are not cut, or not cut as deeply as they might have been. This is exactly what you should be seeing when looking at original, hand-checkered work. I suppose custom or presentation examples would be more precise, as the pre-WWi ones and slightly later commercials tend to be.