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Title: Leather wrap questions
Post by: bowfiend on December 08, 2007, 11:05:00 AM

I've looked through the tutorials on leather wraps but they deal with fairly straight-handled bows. Do the same techniques apply if you're covering a figured handle?
Also, has anyone used the adhesive-backed wraps from 3-Rivers? Am I better off getting leather from a craft store and stitching it up?  I saw a sheath build-along that suggested soaking the leather in alcohol to help it form to a knife. Could I use the same technique for a handle wrap without detriment to the bow finish?
Any suggestions or tips to get a nice, tight fitting wrap would be greatly appreciated.

Title: Re: Leather wrap questions
Post by: ks_stickbow on December 08, 2007, 11:50:00 AM

I've used contact cement to help comform the leather to deep grips. Works OK. Also used gorilla snot too. Thin leather that has some stretch like bucksin works great.

However lately I have started using inner tubes from 10 speed looks good and is functunal

 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v365/ks_stickbow/P8242422.jpg)

 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v365/ks_stickbow/P8242423.jpg)

Title: Re: Leather wrap questions
Post by: AkDan on December 08, 2007, 12:27:00 PM

I've tried a few times to make a nice one.   Take thin leather, wet it with water, clamp it tight to the handle clamping along the stitch line, trim to length once it dries and sew

Title: Re: Leather wrap questions
Post by: snakewood3 on December 08, 2007, 02:35:00 PM

Read this thread and I explain the way I do it.http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=040712