What was the reason for the copper at all? A bit more info is always good but I garee this is odd IMO flashing should be as invisible as possible so I need info. Post anything to do with this now in a comment so andswers more of your questions all here in this post.

Did your roofers find problems with your chimney pointing that they covered with this metal? No, that isn’t “typical.”

We had ours done a few years ago and it is a similar look but one X. This is an 1830’s colinial in New England - perhaps it is regional? I like the look and watched it being made.

The "X's" add rigidity to a large flat area of thin metallic materials which keeps the integrity of the shape (e.g. prevent canning, which could possibly pull the flashing out of the reglet). I assume they used the same kerf that was there before.

Pointing is the mortar ing of the joints between the bricks on your chimney. Over time, water sometimes gets into those spaces and the mortar cracks, leading to further damage. Re-pointing a chimney means that a mason checks for weak places and re-mortar’s them, making sure the exterior (and even the interior) is tight.

Once it weathers a little bit you'll never see it. The creases will help keep it from flapping in the wind-- more rigidity. You can treat the copper to prematurely age it and tuen it brown/black or green, as you like. Raw copper will progress over a nimber of years from bright, to dark brown to green depending on how acidic your rain is. Copper flashing is a very nice-to-have high end feature.

I think, it looks fine for new copper. It will eventually age, and if you really want it to age faster, you can do something like rwiegand above mentioned to help it along.

We have never seen copper flashing this way in our area. So, we were expecting it to look as it did before. Weren't sure if it was the roofers whimsy, or had a purpose. So, it would have been nice to be informed, or given a choice IMHO.

You won't notice when the Copper has it's patina

"We have never seen copper flashing this way in our area. So, we were expecting it to look as it did before. Weren't sure if it was the roofers whimsy, or had a purpose. It just sticks out. So, it would have been nice to be informed, or given a choice IMHO."

You just happend to get a better, more careful, coppersmith this time.

We are in Stratford CT and I believe it was done by someone out of Shelton or Trumbull. We were told by our contractor he was one of the best and it was interesting to watch him craft it in our driveway. The X is much more obvious in person than my picture.

Your copper flashing will turn a brownish color just like an old penny and the X's will be less in your face. You brick joints need attention, and this sticks out in a ugly way more than the X's because someone did a hack job trying to tuck point them.

They just smeared mortar in the joints and on the bricks and it looks bad. It's lipstick on a pig and you should have a qualified mason fix that mess, and it involves taking off all the lipstick, grinding into the joint 3/4" and then applying new mortar into the joint and not all over the brick! Then indent the joint with a tool. The back side as seen in the additional pictures you provided looks really bad.

About them not asking you something you know absolutely nothing about. What would of been your answer if they did ask? Did the roofer ask you which direction you wanted the ridge cap shingles to face? Of course not, and for good reason.