Thought I should actually post this under Issues. The actual post is at https://forums.station.sony.com/vg/index.php?threads/tradeskill-experience-differences.71070/
Another experience disparity. My leatherworker finally reached level 18 and did not receive any experience for making pristine amateur harvesting gloves. So I went to see what happens on a level 18 smith - 3k experience for making a pristine harvesting sickle. I've linked the image, can't seem to get it to appear