You won't need to cut the leather to long just a little longer than your strike plate.

Into the warm water.

1 1/2" wide and as long as you want to make it.

Make marks 1/4 apart on both ends.

A nylon washer screwed to a piece of Purple Heart.

Ya still with me?

Same color leather dye as used on the grip.

Homemade leather-cutting die.

And then.

Restoration 101 continues ...

 

Double backed sticky tape.

Trimmed to fit.

Remove protective backing from tape.

You should end up with something looking somewhat like this. The strike plate is all done and this one time unshootable little gem is headed home for a new life.

Don Ward's Al Harford transfers lesson begins .... (acaah@aol.com)

Transfers ready and separated from the backing. When I say separated from the backing I mean I did peel them apart to make sure they separated clean and then kind of laid them back together to protect the letters from collecting dust.

 

Make a small 3-4 inch long application of finish. Then let that set for 10-30 minutes pending on your type of finish. It needs to be a bit tacky, but not wet. I myself normally do the upper and lowers at the same time. But if it's your first time setting the dry transfers you may want to stay with one at a time.

Now press the letters into the tacky finish. I use a small plastic tool I bought from Al to press the transfers down however you can use a small piece of wood

..anyhow here's the nylon tool for transfering your dry transfers onto the bow limbs...bowdoc


   

   

   


     

Question from Tradgang member - That is cool. What is it? I wonder if I could buy them bulk somewhere. In Dad's instructions he said he used a knitting needle. Looks like it would do the same thing. How stiff is the nylon?

Its solid and very ridged.Before I got that from Al I used a piece of hardwood tapered like an arrow. bd

Tip from fellow Tradganger - Hey guys, I can help here. that's a plastic "burnisher" that's used to tighten and flatten the Thread windings on a fishing rod. I got one some years ago from the "Angler's Workshop" located in your neck of the woods Bowdoc. Bellingham WA. I haven't been to their web page in years but if they are still on the web look in the fishing rod building section. Arne

Arne I bet your right about that.I'll try and check that out.thanks bd

You can see in this pic of where I rubbed the transfers into the tacky finish better.
I use a razor blade to pick up the edge of the transfer paper.

The new transfers should end up looking something like these.