Most of the things that have been mentioned fall under the heading of "some guys just have different esthetics" and that's how he likes to make them. What I can't get past is the marks in the bowl- I enlarged it to get a better look- these bowls are nicely sanded and the marks aren't concentric with the center as you'd expect if it was burned when sanding. It looks like someone stuck a Sharpie marker in the chamber to check the depth and accidentally left the cap off...Which makes you go..."Hmmmm"
