I pulled out the rasp today and began trueing the surfaces. Probably a bit to early as I will likely continue to substantally work the basic design. But that's the way I work: smooth it up a bit to see if it's going to be to my liking, then rough it out some more. There are some interesting life-parallels here.
In the process of revisiting this stone every few days, I notice I have becoming intimately attached to it. It think that's more to do with what it does for me than what I do for it.
I hope I can keep track of this one after the auction.
For this first image, I wiped the ribbon area with a wet sponge to mimic the effect of polishing.
