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They are still raised, but the finish made them look closer to flush. I kind of made the scales around the bolsters and then forced the bolsters to sit better where they were raised to much. I was...

Well I decided to go with the red. The scales turned out better than I expected, but still just doesn't look right to me. I might try and sand them down again cause the finish looks like it is...

Thanks for the ideas. I was also looking at some MOP veneer and thought that might work since I don't have the skill or the equipment to attemp an inlay. The veneer would just sit underneath it.

I need to remember to have really clean hands when I go to finish the scales. This is the first time working with ebony and lightly touching it after sanding would leave fingerprints and smudges all...

Lets start with saying I had to do a bolster transfer after wrecking the original scales. The original scales were a yellowish orange with reddish orange highlights in the bolsters. I thought I would...