Fred, I'm still humbled to have sent a knife to you. Because of your expertise in knife craftsmanship, you caused me to really focus on the details and try something new. That herringbone insert in my knife is a departure from my original plan and a replication of something I saw in one of your knife photos and wanted to try. It's almost close to a perfect herringbone layup, but not quite. For sure, I learned a lot in making this knife... and, I suppose that's purpose of the KITH.
I do hope your arm hair grows back shortly, that's a lot of hair to sacrifice.