After fitting the sight, and getting ready of the "pesky" marks around the slide (most of them, not all)

I started to think about doing some carry cuts on the front of the slide.

There was a project by Squidsix some time ago that I liked a lot:

Hi Power cuts on 915 slide



So, something like that but maybe "shorter"? I started to look around the internet for some inspiration...



Perhaps something like this?

I decided to give it a try...




(bench vice, wood blocks and a file)
















(kind of complement each other...)




(Trying to imitate a Performance Center Slide)


(real Performance Center)

I really liked them...

I decided to make them a bit deeper...





Slide #2 was starting to take form...

more to come...