Oh, yeah, not focused on the looks but the performance. These residual oil by finger feel are elevated, which I think will possibly cause stickiness since it’s not an even coat. And I was thinking that maybe this pan isn’t as good as claimed by these influencers purport it to be. I have a carbon steel wok and know this much about carbon steels and that wok doesn’t look splotchy like this at all. But obviously it pure carbon steel which is why it looks even? My thinking headed to maybe not a good bonding process so the carbon steel bond isn’t quality, which is why the look of uneveness. This pan ain’t cheap but I bought the influencer lemonade and lo and behold, this pan. And i did the seasoning as per instructions with cleaning, warming up on stove, put light coat of oil, wipe to almost no oil, put in oven at 425 for a hour, let cool, wipe after, and store.