I too came to a dished straight grip as the best grip for me. It’s been about 2 years now.
I used to put leather wraps on my grips, but over time gave that up. I spend a lot of time scraping/sanding the grip to get it “just right”. Why muck it up by adding a thickness of leather?
I also add a contour for my index finger. That serves as my “locator”.
Yesterday a friend who I haven’t seen since last year came over with his family for dinner. We went out to shoot and he took a look at my bow and said, “what a funny grip” I asked him if he wanted to try it and he said he would, but that he doesn’t like the idea of straight grips.
He shot the bow and got a look on his face. Then he asked if I had another bow… I got him one, and he shot it the rest of the night. His reflex/deflex bow remained on the bow hook. He then asked if he could take it home to do a little more “testing”.
I’ll be lucky to see that bow back, at least before deer season is over I expect 😯
Nothing beats an american semi-longbow with a straight grip, imho.
