Final result

Very nice I think you got it. Frank

Forgive me if this is a dumb question but what do you mean by smoothing your blades? Do you mean for trimming the flash after molding?

the steel dipping blades that i used just needed to have the end before the colorado blade smoothed. It was a bit thick and the result was some uneven tubes just before the paddle tail which tore a little when the bait was pulled off the blade.