Always more than one way to skin a cat. Comes down to personal preference (and prejudice) a lot of times. I favor the old school ways, wood and blued steel, but absolutely nothing wrong with synthetic and Ceracoat if you like it. Modern adhesives are fantastic materials if you understand them and use them in the application they were engineered for.. Particularly if you're in business and time counts.
Precision filing is a learned skill and I'm a long, long way from a die maker.
