Thanks!! If ya change your mind lemme know, she's all yours. The machining does feel better overall. It could just be that the tooling was new since the light is from so early in the the production run. The 1979 Maglites are like this too. Very sharp engraving and one of the best grips on any light I've ever felt. The rumor is that Maglite actually dulled down the grip because it was tearing up holsters and pants because it was too sharp and I believe it.
I think Don is mainly using the lights as parts lights because he gets a lot of inquiries to fix up old Kel-Lites. If a light has a good reflector I know he'll pay $40 - $50 for it because replacements reflectors are impossible to find. He's not really buying to collect though, he has mostly one of every model you can think of. He's asked me a couple times about restoring reflectors and I know I have to experiment a little more. The original reflectors were electroplated and that is not easy to duplicate. I've had luck with using aircraft stripper and polishing. While not the same as an electroplated it's 70% of the way there. I've been meaning to prime one and hit it with almost chrome. I have a buddy that restores vintage Hot Wheels and he's had super good luck with that method. It's a 95% match to the original reflectors.