I believe the weights are there for a purpose , To keep it simple, the weights helps the gyroscopic force in that it improves the stability. Most all Hele blades have weights. These little blades on the Blade cp and HB would be very easy to reproduce, but why? They are pretty cheap and the carbon blades I understand will be around 30 bucks duh! Anyway the epoxed blades work incredibly well so you don't have to cover them unless you just want to. I think Bryan should airbrush a set then epoxy or clear coat them. Man I would love to have a set of custom airbrushed blades.See ya Bill