hey Neep, got the blanks today and they look quite nice. now to try and get hold of Dar and see how and when he can work his magic.
sorry the picture is a bit fuzzy = seems anymore I am a bit on the shakey side but I can assure you it looks nice. all the periods are there as was NOT the case on my prototype. the fonts a bit off verses the original but they are very close. now I have to get a die made to cut them to the original size.
Sandy has programming to make fonts and these are as close as she could get and she had an original I had sent to her to copy from. the font size is very very close and a Gibson fanatic would be hard pressed to see a difference if he did not have an original to compare with. as it is, I had to make them as close as I could but this way I can claim these to be a reproduction and not an original as it carries the Mallory name and part number.
the plan is to sell these, get filthy rich, buy the world and then send Carlo to Mars.