It's been harder for me to make the time to work on the bow these last few weeks with work, the holidays, and then I had the bug to get out for a couple of days of deer hunting in AZ this past week with a buddy. I ate tag soup, unfortunately, but it was still fun, as always. I had a lot of close encounters with a ton of does, and a few younger bucks, as well. The next couple of weeks should have the rut heating up and getting into full swing in the area I was in, but, unfortunately, I will be busy working.
Yesterday I spent a couple of hours working with my rasp and 80 grit sandpaper to further work out the shape of the grip. It's feeling very comfortable in my hand now, so I think it's time to shoot the bow a bit and see if I need to do any further tillering work before getting to work progressively sanding to finer grit prior to applying a finish. Weather permitting, I'm gonna try to shoot it tomorrow. It's raining here today. I think it works out perfectly that the first time I'll shoot the bow is on New Year's Day. Speaking of... Happy New Year, everyone!
Here's how it's looking now...