Par Puzzles, Who's High

400 pieces.  As a present to myself, I tried a Par.  Is it wrong to say I think Stave are better?  You can't necessarily tell a line's full strengths from one puzzle, I've learned, and this puzzle was certainly engaging.  But unless I see real bargains, I think I'm going to save my high-end dollars for Stave.  There's some color line cutting, and a lot of nearly single-color areas; I don't think this was down to color fading.  5/10

Starting out

some progress

almost there

complete