...my only gripe about that bow design is the way that the grip doesnt allow you to put your hand even with the shelf(the hump with the overlays) its a minor bother, and i usually forget about it untill i pick up a bow that doesnt have that there...and then i wish mine didnt have it there.
Dremel.
I have to admit I modified the grip on my Kings Pawn slightly, made it a little thinner.
ccarp, I appreciate the quandry. I like both. If money was the problem - and it usually is for me - I'd take the ChekMate and not worry about it. With Bob Lee, you're paying a premium for the name, historyand reputation. He's one- if not the only one- of the last of the great 60's bowyers still producing bows himself.