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Title: Beaver Tail
Post by: Crooked Stic on April 13, 2016, 05:29:00 AM

How do you guys get it to form around your bow grip.    :(

Title: Re: Beaver Tail
Post by: rainman on April 13, 2016, 05:42:00 AM

Soak in warm water, It will get pliable.

Title: Re: Beaver Tail
Post by: PV on April 13, 2016, 12:17:00 PM

I soak it and wrap it with an ace bandage in position on the riser,let it dry.

Title: Re: Beaver Tail
Post by: jabodnar on April 13, 2016, 01:44:00 PM

I just did one on my bow.  As mentioned, soaking in warm water will help give it some stretch.  My bow handle has some shape to it and I couldn't get near enough conformance with just an ace bandage.

After the beaver tail soaked for 10 min I placed it over the handle (which was already wrapped with saran wrap) and used electrical tape working my way slowly up the handle.  Pulled very tight, each pass only moving 1/8" up the handle or so.  I was careful to make sure I didn't get any wrinkles.

I let this sit for about 3 hours. The tape won't give the tail enough air to dry out, but by forcing it into the shape I needed, it eventually took a set pretty close to the final shape.  

After taking the tape off I then resoaked the beaver tail for a couple of min and placed it back on the bow.  Now that the tail was formed close to the final shape I wrapped an ace bandage around it with a couple wraps electrical tape in strategic places to get into some of the tighter corners.

Once that dried, the leather fit perfectly.  Trim the edges and then glued in place with barge cement.  I would suggest waiting to cut the seam until after gluing.  The first time I tried, I cut the seam first but couldn't get the leather glued on without the seam pulling apart.

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Title: Re: Beaver Tail
Post by: Butchie on April 15, 2016, 07:29:00 AM

Great job jabodnar!

Title: Re: Beaver Tail
Post by: Warden609 on April 15, 2016, 08:01:00 AM

One of my favorite handle wraps. Nice job!!

Title: Re: Beaver Tail
Post by: Morning Star on April 15, 2016, 09:59:00 AM

Excellent job, I would not have expected such a nice fit on a grip contoured like that.