FILEWORK !!!!!! If you have two knives on the table just alike for sale and only one has filework, and even with a higher price tag, will sell faster than a knife with out filework. So if you don't like filework why do you buy them??? Embellishments are cool.
Yes, I do file work on the handle and I fill them with black epoxy , and no it don't fall out. And not saying that someday I may have to fix one. A knife should not have a point or tip it may break off , Really???
A knife with a little embellishments is what custom knives is all about ( something a little different). If people don't like filework on a knife then DON"T buy them.