Hey, folks, I've got a Vermilion Rivers bow that I love but that has a slippery grip, feels like it has a tendency to slip around on drawback. I've thought about using some camo tape or maybe a leather grip or something. Heck, I'd use bat rosin if it wouldn't hurt anything - worked for me in baseball. Or maybe spraying on some kind of adhesive and just letting it dry just for texture. But before I start experimenting I thought I'd see what others have done in this situation. I figure it's an easy fix but I'd rather measure twice & cut once.
Thanks,
Eddie
A Sur-grip will help but I read a post where a guy used a bicycle tube cut to length and achieved the same thing. It works!! For the price of a Sur-grip you can buy a bike tube and get quite a few grips out of it. ;)
Bow string wax!
I have done the Mountain bike inner tube and it works perfectly like Arwin suggested, leather grip works, and Minwax Satin sprayed from 18-24" back does the trick too. The bowstring wax sounds like a great solution.
Hey, thanks you guys. I knew I was making too much of this!
Like the the guys above said....sure-grip or rubber from a bike tube, works great!!!
Haven't tried the bike tube trick, but use a sure-grip and it works great! The only thing I don't like is it covers up some perty wood.
Posi Grip. I like it better than the sure grip. It is textured.
One other thing that might be worth trying is just wearing a glove on your bow hand - may help you and you won't have to put anything on the bow - any golf, shooting, driving type glove with a rough leather palm should work.
I use baseball bat wrap. When it wears out 6-7 months it is easily replaced and does not harm the bow in any way. The stuff is reasonably priced also. :archer:
sure grip or the baseball wrap, sure grip 11 bucks, baseball wrap 4 bucks. Both work well
Strips of black skateboard tape work great and don't cover up as much of the perty wood. Cheap and easy to replace, although haven't had to yet.
This stuff is great. If you wrap it just right you can make finger grooves. http://www.3riversarchery.com/Bow+Accessories+Grips+%26+Material++Leather+Grip+Wraps_c46_s212_p0_i6103X_product.html
I sewed on a piece of leather scrap to my Quinn Stallion.
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Have you thought about sending it off and having the grip checkered?
Go to a sporting goods store where the tenis rackets are and get...rap around replacement grips for t.rackets theres a few dif. kindes they work great, I use them on my bows.
I use the rubber tennis grip wraps on some of my bows. I also have used the leather bow saddle grip sold by 3 Rivers, both work well for me the bow saddle looks better.. I am wanting to stipple some of the grips on my homemade bows and get rid of the rubber and leather..
Hey Eddie,
I have adhesive lether saddles on almost all of my bows. I got them from 3 Rivers. They are inexpensive and look really good on the bow. I think they give the right amount of grip without being bulky.
I can get you some pictures of them on my bows if you like.
OkKeith
Vet-Wrap works great! No glue/adhesive to deal with. Cheap and effective.
Bob
I have in the past, been a big fan of leather "Bow Saddles". However, I recently tried one of the new "Posi Grips". I'm really likeing this grip, as your hand will move "nada..nowhere"... The only draw back, and this is with either the bow saddle or posi grip, is the grip grows a bit in diameter.
Have my Kwyk Styk set up with the Posi Grip and will be using it in AK. in 2 weeks on a bear hunt.. I think this will be "just the ticket" if it rains much. :thumbsup:
Gene
I really appreciate all the feedback - some suggestions I'd never have thought of. Think I've got some direction now, ways even I can't screw up! :D
Thanks,
Eddie P.
Hey Lloyd,
The Posigrip you are using, is that the one made by the Eclipse broadhead guys? Do you have it on a longbow or a recurve? I like the "roll-on" grips but never can get them all the way up on recurve handles and get them to stay put and not roll down.
OkKeith
The Bow Saddle sold by 3Rivers works great and it forms perfectly to bows original grip.
I have used just about everything mentioned above all work very well.
I just got sone 1/16" leather cord and going to wrap a grip this weekend will post some pics when I get done. The cord is a natural color and I am gong to dye a Med brown.
I got the idea from a fella in WY he had done his this way used barge cement under the leather cord and tapered and tucked the ends at the finish ends.
The bow had a great feel in the grip something a bit different than a standard leather.
D
A vote for Shur-grip from 3 river's
It really hold your hand where you want it,
And it is not slippery when wet
Carl
VetWrap, it's textured, sticks to itself not the bow, easily cut off and replaced, absorbs hand sweat, comes in lots of different colors.
About $3.50 a roll.
I get it at my local farmers supply store.
The best and cheap.
For years I have used some elk hide ( from an elk I shot) without the hair on it. I fashion a piece to fit the area where my hand contacts the bow. Mark out the hide and cut it out. Apply contact ( rubber cement ) to both surfaces and apply. It absorbs the sweat from my hand during the summer and provides a good grip. If you don't have an elk or deer hide, visit your local leather dealer. It will last for several years. I just replaced mine as I had hole worn thru.
Well, Limbow was on the money re: waxing the grip! Wonder how long this'll last before it needs another application? Now all I need is the New Mexico pinon-scented wax & I'm set for this season!
Seriously, thanks Kevin, I'm embarrassed I didn't click to the wax method earlier. Works almost too good. This is a Vermilion Rivers TD so I'm glad I don't to have to cover any of the beautiful riser.
Appreciate all the good advise from all you folks - will still be treating some grips because it works great (and looks really good, too!!)
Eddie Paulsgrove
Rubber cement. Put it on let it dry. It wears off. Put more on.
When my Super Kodiak was slippery under my wool glove, I put a little Snow Seal on the grip. It lasted a whole season. In the spring I just wiped it off.
Heydeerman, how many of us folks do you think have a Robertson Peregrine? Mine's 54#@28". How about you?
Eddie Paulsgrove
I'm going to stir the pot a bit here. If you need something to stop the bow from twisting around when you draw, your riser doesn't fit your hand. If you have the correct fit, drawing the bow should bring it right back into your hand where it needs to be. Just light finger pressure on the back of the bow to keep it from jumping out of your hand at the shot and a properly fitted grip will do amazing things for your accuracy.
If the grip is slippery or sweaty, it shouldn't make a bit of difference once you start to draw. It should slide right to the same spot every time. If the grip fits correctly, it will slide to the correct spot every time.
The only bow I have a Shurgrip on anymore is my old Mahaska longbow only because the grip is so small on it, not to add grip.
That's my story, and I'm sticking to it! :archer: