pacer_3iii
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I made a lot of pens and left the very end of my barrels with sharp corners. I was watching some Will Stelter and Alec Steele knife making videos, and they were talking about what they called an "heirloom fit-up" where they slightly chamfer or fillet the ends of their knife handles where they meet guards, blades, and pommels. I lliked the idea and started doing that to my pens and handles, and I really like the way they match up to the kit hardware now. I'm sure other people do this, but I've never been given that advice and wanted to say, just give it a try. Here's some examples
No chamfer, sharp corner where the hardware meets up:
Slighly rounded edge to blend in:
It's really easy to do and I always do it during the sanding process after I remove any kit bushings and switch over to non-stick. A piece of 600 grit sand paper held at an angle gives it a really good look in my opinion. If this is widely known information, sorry for wasting your time, but I really wish I had known about or thought about this earlier, I wasted a lot of good blanks and kits and just don't like the fit up without the rolled edges.
No chamfer, sharp corner where the hardware meets up:
Slighly rounded edge to blend in:
It's really easy to do and I always do it during the sanding process after I remove any kit bushings and switch over to non-stick. A piece of 600 grit sand paper held at an angle gives it a really good look in my opinion. If this is widely known information, sorry for wasting your time, but I really wish I had known about or thought about this earlier, I wasted a lot of good blanks and kits and just don't like the fit up without the rolled edges.
