If opinionating is still open, mine is skip the round over in 99% of cases, it looks like some strange effect for child's furniture, clean lines look better then dull rounds. A cock bead is really the only round thing I like to see on a doors edge. I do like a very subtle broken edge done with sand paper or a block plane, because no edge can stay razor sharp, but 1/8" is huge IMO. I can see the chamfer, but I personally prefer those a heavy 1/16"' or done at an angle more like 30* than 45*' so they go deeper than they go wide..On the subject of oak, it certainly lends itself to a variety of designs and uses in furniture and cabinetry. It can be quite beautiful. I have also seen some of the biggest abonitations ever done in oak which may serve to sully it's reputation in the eyes of some. It is perhaps more challenging to make an elegant or feminine piece using oak than say figured maple, mahogany or walnut. But it is certainly one of out most valuable domestic species and should not be written off so cursively. Plus it's tough as nails and cheap as dirt, and I made my work bench from it!
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Originally Posted by Jim Summers
