I bought a used Morrison with the full pinecones in the grip. They look great ! However they seem rough in my hand ( I know must be girly hands). Before I get crazy I'm looking for suggestions. Right now my thoughts are wrap the grip with leather (and cover up those pinecones),shoot the bow with a glove on my bow hand (gonna be hot in the summer)try and fill the pinecones in with something clear so I can still see them (but not feel them),last resort get the dremmel out and sand them away! Any other other ideas ?
sell it and buy a different one.
That's always possible but Bob has stopped making the one piece Dakota and this one has the grip I like and is in the poundage I like. Have only found two that meet these specs in the last eight years and I have them both now.
I agree with you, not comfortable for me either... put a shur grip on it, or send it to Big Jim for a Beavertail and forget it !! :thumbsup:
You could roll on a shur grip to cover them,no damage to the bow and can be easily removed.And no loss of value the your bow.
There are some glove that you can wear in the summerwith out sweating too much.I think that after some use you can become more tollerant to those pine cones.
use a glove on your bow hand use a lightweight glove like for turkey hunting in the summer and is that a one piece Morrison recurve
Don't kill the pinecones! Wrap that rascle! Those recurve grips are too classy & beautiful. That's coming from a straight handle Hill shooter.
If you shoot it enough your hand will toughen up and form calloues, might take a week or so. OR very lightly sand off the high spots on the pinecones and respray with the recommended finish.
Spray over them with a clear finish fill them in until they don't hurt.
Filling it in with some clear coat was my thought as well. It would seem to me that the carving must look great but not feel good to you. With that said filling in with something may work to smooth out the surface and look good at the same time! I would think the same stuff used for burl scales on knife handles should work. I think it is called stabilizing the wood.
Just a thought.
Martin
One thing I hate is when the bow swims around in your hand when wearing gloves. I would bet that the pine cones keep that from happening. With the shur grip you can have both.
Aww, just send it to me and it won't hurt yer tender hands no more Bob :D
seriously, just shoot it for a week or two, your hand will get used to it and you won't notice it at all. I wouldn't be without a pinecone on mine.
If you had girly hands the cones wouldn't bother you. :readit:
Keep shooting it and soon you won't notice them... until you shoot another bow and miss the "locator" effect.
Killdeer :goldtooth:
Bob, I have girly hands also, just keep shooting her, you will get use too her. Good Luck
I have a fantastic Morrison Cougar with Copperhead skins and pinecones. Yes, the pinecones take a bit of getting used to. However, after your palm toughens up a bit, you will love it. Don't give up on it yet!
Matt
Bob, told ya what to do and I would take his advice! Shawn
Wear a golf glove.
SHUR GRIP WORKS GOOD...
I've got a Morrison 1pc. Dakota smooth handle 58" 47#s @28" that I'd be willing to trade for your bow if it's close to these specs . If interested email - papillion5@aol.com .
I believe you got the answer from Bob. You might lightly sand the sharper points off a bit first . Just don't ruin the carving. then put the finish on until its comfortable. I bet Bob will tell you what finish to spray it with if ya ask him. He is that kinda gentleman.
God Bless you, Steve
You might want to try a little paraffin wax first to see if filling in the grip area with something more permanent is a better option than a rubber grip covering it. I would think the wax could always be brushed out with little harm done after a test to see how it suits your hand. If it were mine, I think that I would have a tough time covering those pine cones up.
With all the guys giving you a hard time I would just like to say that most of us have had 'girly hands' before while dealing with one instrument or another. You can either deal with the pain until your body adapts or take one of the other suggested routes. In any case do not get rid of that bow they are phenominal shooters and gorgeous to boot!
I would be really hesitant to do anything to the bow-- rather tough it out until your hand gets used to it, or work on a little looser grip with your bow hand. It's like guitar strings-- you have to build up a little protective tougher skin and it might be a little sore for a while but worth it!
Think about wearing a glove, you probably will if you hunt with it, maybe a soft leather glove would not be too thick but take away the pinecone from cutting in on your hand.
Just shoot it every day, and you will get used to it. Heck, you will even start to crave it.
They make inexpensive rubber type wraps for fishing rods. Cheap, non sticky, non marring, goes on like tape and sticks to itself. Gives a nice grip, not too tacky in the hand. All the big fishing catalogs have them.
The last thing I'd ever do is alter that carving. You never know when you need to sell a bow.
No problems with mine does what it is supposed to do.
You could put on some MTN bike inner tube it pulls on easily with a little soap.
Great help guys . Guess I shouldn't have shot 300 + arrows first day with it ! I think I will get used to it if not I will fill them in like Bob said. Thanks for all of the offers but it's not going anywhere.
300+ arrows? :eek: well if it's only your hand that's sore I'd say yer doing good! :thumbsup:
I have them in a Phenolic riser and they are smoothe as silk,must be the material in mine that makes it comfortable.My.02 :goldtooth:
I have a couple morrisons with pine cones and a schafer with checkered grip. I put a rubber shur grip on all of them. I shoot and hunt with a black golf glove. The riser never slips in my hand. This helps when hunting on those cold days and is cool in the summer.
I find it quite uncomfortable but very good looking.
300+ arrows. I made the same mistake when I had the new to me Shawnee with pine cone. A used bicycle glove solve the problem. But after few weeks I found I don't need the glove any more.
Much prefer checkering or stippling. They look great, just not functional...
You must have been in the Army! :laughing:
Buck up soldier and take it like a man.
i had bob add 1/2 pine cones on my cheyenne riser. i asked him to make the carvings smoother with less sharp edges. i asked for this because i heard some carvings were hard on the hand. i am very satisfied with the outcome....should have had a full set of oines put on though.
i also have checkering on two other bows and stipple on one....i perfer checkering over any.
I have a Morrsion Shawnee and ILF, both with pinecone engravings. Neither have cause me any problems once I shot them a while and my hands toughened up some.
Wrap it or sell it, is what I say. but it is your bow, so it is up to you. Good luck with it, I hope it works out.
Maybe back in your day Mike but us Army guys now are a bit different. The same could be said about these guys that get paid by the navy.
I have never really liked checkering to the point of almost hating it, just takes to much effort to hate it. But the pine cone Morrisons I have handled were really nice.
I would follow what Bob Morrison himself said and fill it with a clear finish. I would think an epoxy. I'd bet that filled in smoothed out and finished proper it would look amazing.
Just had Bob refinish my riser w/ 1/2 pinecone and it deffinately took the sharpness out of the edges. It came back extremely comfortable and I gotta say...the new finish Bob is using is the BOMB! Exactly like the finish on my Widow. Same texturing and hard as nails! Couldn't have been more please w/ the end results!!!
QuoteOriginally posted by Blake Dustin Adams:
[QB] Maybe back in your day Mike but us Army guys now are a bit different. The same could be said about these guys that get paid by the navy.
Somebody had to make them look good!!!!!! :biglaugh: