Thank you for the comparison. I downloaded the files and compared them. It is not a very scientific approach but to me the VL125 seems to be the sharpest with the VL65 second when I compare this set of photos. The bokeh of the Nikkor 95mm looks wonderful (perhaps because it is also softer?). But in general each lens shows its merits.
Regarding sharpness: who said that sharpness is a bourgeois concept?
I thoroughly enjoyed looking at your photos.
It's hard when these are little JPGs. Looking at the originals in ProPhoto RGB in Photoshop is a different story. Certainly the CV-125 is not the sharpest of the bunch. Of course, "sharp" has many definitions, IMO. I look at the interstices dark parts of the images. They all are quite sharp and who knows whether f/8 is the same in all of them. LOL. Who can say?
They all can do the job. The Printing Nikkor, to me, is very sharp, if you look at the sharpest part, but it does fall off to the right. Etc., and so on.
If I posted all the stacked photos, they all are very sharp throughout, but the color suffers from stacking, every time.
I use all of these, but tend to have my favorites, which might not be your favorites.
If I had any of these lenses, I could get the job done. LOL.