Thanks! I'll make them deeper :) . When it comes to textures I want to maintain the painty look of the concept in the diffuse and try to get the same good looking highlights in the spec.
A fix? Thanks for the info, appreciated. I was thinking about just going with the max bake but that still has the distortion issues. I also see I need to take a new look at my Unwrap and straighten out some areas as the vertical "cuts" on the handle look stretched on the side due to a stretching issue in the unwrap. But…