Thanks Doug, I'm gonna pick up one of those countersink bits at the hardware store and go to work. I just tried this with a regular drill bit and I really like the effect. I never did like the way the primetones felt dry and slippery and the holes really help.
Ivan, I'll just try one with and one without the countersink and decide which I like better.
Another primetone tip that I found: I like the large triangle shape in 1.4 and 1.5 mm thickness but I have always found them a little too bright for my taste. So I took down the point to be a little more rounded (but nowhere near as round as the round primetones) and then re-shaped and polished the bevel. That helped a lot to take the edge off the bright tone.
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