[olddog]

I have a Richmond chart, one from Jegs, and a couple manuals. Every one is drawn a bit different and I'm a bit confused. They show the pattern moving heel to toe and high to low (root to tip). They also show the shape of the pattern changing.

Some charts show the ideal pattern pretty much centered heel to toe and root to tip. Other charts show the ideal pattern off center closer to the toe but centered root to tip.

So what is the more critical dimension heel/toe or root/tip?

The too deep and too shallow patterns are sometimes drawn with the pattern being somewhat angled. The ideal is always depicted, as parallel to the tip/root and some what symmetric.

So is the shape more important than position?