Despite my concerns, it went very well, and I had a blast doing it. For years I've coveted one of those Auriou hand-struck rasps, but because I hadn't previously done work needing them, it was hard to justify spending close to $100 for a stinkin' rasp. However, I picked up one of the hand-struck Dragon rasps from StewMac (the large, fine model), and it lived up to all my expectations (and less than half the price of a similar Auriou). What a pleasure to use!! A combination of a router plane, a couple of spoke shaves, some Japanese milled-tooth files from Lee Valley (another hand-tool that you'd have to pry from my cold, dead hands), the Dragon rasp and a couple of hours, and I was good to go.
After this pic was taken I un-clamped the neck and examined it more closely. There are a couple of very minor irregularities that I'll need to correct before sanding (which will probably reveal a few more glitches), but holding it in my hand I knew it was going to be good because I wanted to play it!!
![Mr. Green :mrgreen:](./images/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif)
By the way, I came up with a good way of making profile "cards" to guide my work - I'll post that in a separate thread, as it worked like a charm.