Now that Max has pointed out the ricasso, I went back and looked at it and it is a bit large, BUT the change I would have made, since the bolster is curved, I would have done the plunge in the same manner. A straight plunge against a curved bolster disturbes the flow of the overall blade, aside from that, there aint NOTHIN wrong with it. Put it up for sale and see what happens! It's still a fine knife, no matter what most people think, luckily everyone is different and everyone has different tastes, likes and dislikes. That knife is PERFECT for someone! Trust me, I know an ugly knife when I see/make one. This one aint ugly, it may be lacking something for your eye, but you aint the customer!!!! I have one that I boo-boo'ed on, a piece of the maple burl flaked off when I was gluing it up, I dye my epoxy to match the color of the wood, and it filled it in nicely, but I wont put it up for sale for that reason, definitley will not put my name on it and about every person I've shown it to has tried to buy! The money would be nice, but my rep is more important to me.
I guess you have to be happy with it before you can put your seal of approval on it and that's the bottom line!
My offer still stands, if you hate it so, just send it to me, I'll happily pay for the shipping!!!!!!!
Rex