jasper you must have some time on your hands at the moment as you do write some looooooooooong posts mate.
its a shame your post has been hijacked,but some of it has made for interesting reading.
scotish daz,
if i was you mate i would just do as my mentor (if you had one) told me,by that i mean if he says p/r go that way, if he says imprint then go that way.
to me imprint, p/r, large, or small, whatever each to there own.at the end of the day they are both undoubtubly excelent at there job.and as jasper has said the same bird just reared differently.
thanks DAZ.