WC, you know your work inspires questions
The bullet you have on the end of your loops, I believe that is a "concho" for lack of another term, which I've seens at Tandy. I'm assuming you've got the end of the bullet loops anchored down some other way,(like sewn) and the bullet is just added for looks? Would that also be true of the conchos on the billets?
To say it looks great is the understatment of the year so far (it's early in the year!)