As with all things human, except intelligence, the gun world continually evolves. We routinely use equipment, processes and techniques that were unavailable just a few years ago. I love the older work for its own style and the fact that they opened the door for the rest of us to follow. I will even go one further and say that the finest work in the world today is primarily in the USA. Not that there are not some incredible craftspeople elsewhere. Its Flag Day and my beauty is flying high, wide and handsome. Gotta go outside and take another look.