I then traced the outline of my hand onto the grip and cut this out using the small rake. This step required a couple attempts. The initial finger grooves were not quite parallel, causing a sloppy look. They were also too short, causing my fingers to get stuck in the ends of the grooves. This was fixed by re-packing some of the material onto the grip and re-shaping it. Smoothing of the grooves was achieved using the small rake. I had to be careful not to accidentally dig into the sides of the grooves.