*sigh* I've had days when I really regret ever baking a lightsaber in olive oil. Now take that exact opposite feeling and apply it here. ;D ;D ;D
I'm not trying to sound like your dad, for serial.... but I'm really proud at how you've taken that technique at truly made it your own. You've done more oilive oil sabers than I have - like, twice as many. Which naturally, leads you to have more experience with the process, and also leads to more wild and believably ancient sabers... dug out of who-knows-where... ;)
Some people don't like the weathered look, I say, to heck with them - more for us! Beauty, Jango!