Leather Wrap on Tall Tines

[parshal]

I had a nice piece of leather and decided to put it on my new TT.  It's covering pristine checkering but I think it looks real nice.  I first wet the leather and stretched it around the handle and used clamps to hold it in place for a couple days to dry.  I trimmed it a bit and repeated.  I used natural colored artificial sinew for thread.  It ended up a little looser and the top and bottom than I wanted.  I might take it off and trim it a bit tighter which shouldn't take long at all but I think I'll leave it as is for now.  I put neatsfoot oil on it hoping it might shrink a little so it's a bit darker now.


 
 
 
 

[Over&Under]

Wow!...nice job!

[TRAP]

Great Job !!!!!  

[see]

You got me wanting one on my bow.what would you charge? That's a fine job

[Tsalt]

Looks great

[Richie]

Great job, looks good.

[PA Bones]

That is nice!  Great job.

[parshal]

Originally posted by see:
You got me wanting one on my bow.what would you charge? That's a fine job

The toughest part is finding the right piece of leather. I found a Tandy leather store and went through bins of scraps to find pieces.  This was the only piece that I found that was useful.  The work itself is very simple.

[NormanDale33]

Wow, that looks cool. Do you use any type of adhesive in addition to getting it wet? That looks really well done. Good job.

[parshal]

I'd re-wrapped a Griffin and there was adhesive from the maker so I used adhesive on that one.  I didn't want to ruin the pristine checkering so I used no adhesive.  I wet and wrapped it a couple of times to completely form it so I didn't have to use a glue.  Had I used adhesive I could easily get the top and bottom tight.

[NormanDale33]

That is impressive that it was done without glue, and I can see why you didn't. Cool homepage too, enjoyed looking through the pics.

[Guss]

That's one of the purtiest TT's I've seen...!! Good job on the grip!

[parshal]

duplicate

[njloco]

Nice job, looks very good.

[BuckeyeGuy]

Wow, that turned out great.  Nice work.

[slayer1]

You did a great job!

[Pat B.]

Well done !

[pamike]

i was thinking about doing that on a couple bows - nice work!

[parshal]

I may remove it this weekend and reduce the overall length to expose more of the wood since it's quite a bit longer than the width of my palm.  I should be able to trim it up a bit and tighten it.  If I do, I'll post more pics.  I'll also show pics of the leather removed from the bow.

[JJB]

Very nice!
-Jay