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I made a knife and got down to the brass pins. I was able to peen the rear pin just fine, but ran into trouble on the front pin. When trying to remove the front pin, I expanded the hole on the scale slightly. So now I have one perfect 3/32 brass pin in the rear and a slightly expanded hole closest to the bolster.
How do I elegantly mask my mistake? I'm very beginner as you may have guessed.
I thought about using a 1/8" mosaic pin, but does that look like the maker screwed up and tried to hide it?
Drilling out the rear pin and replacing both with 1/8" pins could be an option, but would be very difficult.
I would love to make small brass spade (like from the ace of spades) inlays to cover the hole on each side, but it seems difficult. I'm pretty handy with brass, but it would have to be very small.
Any advice would be very welcomed at this point. The handle is stabilized redwood burl.
How do I elegantly mask my mistake? I'm very beginner as you may have guessed.
I thought about using a 1/8" mosaic pin, but does that look like the maker screwed up and tried to hide it?
Drilling out the rear pin and replacing both with 1/8" pins could be an option, but would be very difficult.
I would love to make small brass spade (like from the ace of spades) inlays to cover the hole on each side, but it seems difficult. I'm pretty handy with brass, but it would have to be very small.
Any advice would be very welcomed at this point. The handle is stabilized redwood burl.