John, I understand what you are saying, but my experience has been much worse. The main rifle I am mentioning was done by a smith very frequently touted here as one that knows what he is doing and does many. The owner posts here and there were three of us on a Kodiak trip. Everyone saw the damage.
In my personal experience I have three done by supposedly qualified applicators. One is good, one horrible and the other shows some wear with not much use. I have seen quite a few with very mixed outcomes.
