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i see your point. how big a hole are we talking here (for the countersink)? rigguy nuts are around 3/4"-1" wide? and again the damage to the phloem depends on the thickness of the bark. i would think too that a clean hole will begin to callus very quickly, and if the size of the hole is well...

i think of it this way: ive already made a wound by drilling the hole for the cable (or rod), if i make the counter sunk hole cleanly and only deep enough to seat the nut, then i dont think that adds a significant stress to the codit response. remember that the nut is crushing the tissue...

what ive done with the rigguy is countersink the outside of the hole with a spade bit large enough so that the nut sits flat in the bottom of the hole. does that make sense? or use a chisel or gouge to make a flat for the nut to seat against.