Altering my Bear Bruin grip

[roadhogtom]

I have a 60 lb bear Bruin longbow that has always shot great for me. I had hand surgery recently and now the square block grip is painful to shoot. I was wondering if I could shape with a rasp to have a bit of contour to take the pressure off the ball of my hand. Will this compromise the strength of the bow? This bow was only made a couple of years I assume altering it may take away from any future collector interest, but I would rather have my shooter back.

[landman]

I had hand surgery in December, 2009....a carpal-meta carpal arthroplasty.    Took about 9 months to recover despite all I tried to do to speed things up.   My hand is great now, but  I had quite a bit of discomfort...not pain actually....shooting in August, 2010 and I started shooting a little 45# Grizzly, gradually building up to a 56# longbow and recurve.   At 60, it occurred to me that I don't have to shoot that heavy so I dropped down to 48-50 and I'm very content.   You might want to forget the rasp and drop down to 50# more or less.   Hell bro, you can still shoot through a moose with that draw weight and be in no pain at at'll while doing it.