After installing the grip cap the profile of the grip needs to be shaped. As you can see the semi-inletted blank has a lot more material in the grip area than we need. It will have to be filled down to match the profile.
First the front is filed almost down to the grip cap.
Then each side is filed down starting 45 degrees from the front. The line of the filing is carried all the way up the grip.
Then two more flats are added, and carried up the grip.
This is done until you have many flats filed up to the cap. This looks like a radius but it is actually many flat facets. If you look close you can see them.
Then you smooth out the areas between the flats and you end up with a curve that matches the grip cap. The wood is left a little proud of the cap at this point. It will be brought down to the cap during the stock sanding.
You can see that the screw heads have also been dressed down to the cap. The cap and screw heads will be polished later.
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