Jeepers, that was sure a neat job of adding a grip to the gun. Very professional looking and darned difficult to mate the curved profiles of the cut. Very interesting.
Too late now but I would have voted to just leave the barrels the way they were and said, "they are what they are." Even now, I'd leave some of the deeper pits rather than reduce the profile even more. Doubt you'll want to go to the expense but the engraving should probably be recut. Might now be too expensive--you might ask around on this board for an estimate.
Incidently, those laminated steel barrels are of high quality and generally stronger than damascus.
