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Title: Longbow-grip?
Post by: 3Feathers on June 17, 2010, 05:57:00 PM

What grip material do you prefer for a longbow,leather,rubber shur-grip or no grip material at all?????

Title: Re: Longbow-grip?
Post by: COLongbow on June 17, 2010, 06:10:00 PM

Currently none, but on my old longbow I ditched the leather and installed a Shur Grip I got from 3Rivers. Tight, non-slip and very sure in the hand. Rolls on or off pretty easily and it's cheap. I liked it.

Title: Re: Longbow-grip?
Post by: BRITTMAN on June 17, 2010, 06:18:00 PM

Ive tried all 3 and it kind of depends on the bow grip. If the grip is beefy enough and the woods are nice then I like no grip but if its a little to slim I would rather have leather over the shur grip but I still like a shur grip ok .

Mike

Title: Re: Longbow-grip?
Post by: cahaba on June 17, 2010, 07:03:00 PM

I like the leather wrap with adhesive backing 3Rivers sell. It's great for well grippin ...

Title: Re: Longbow-grip?
Post by: Curveman on June 17, 2010, 07:12:00 PM

Leather, beaver balls-"the look"  :)

Title: Re: Longbow-grip?
Post by: tradlongbow on June 17, 2010, 07:15:00 PM

brittman-

I just tried what you did. I had a grip that was too small around the top of the grip and I put the shur grip on with the elk leather over and baseball stiched it. It built up the grip just fine.

Darren

Title: Re: Longbow-grip?
Post by: Ragnarok Forge on June 17, 2010, 07:22:00 PM

Posi grip feels great but it stinks for a while like a brand new rubber tire.

Title: Re: Longbow-grip?
Post by: JRY309 on June 17, 2010, 07:42:00 PM

I prefer a leather grip on my longbows,don't care for rubber grips.Just a personal preference for me.

Title: Re: Longbow-grip?
Post by: K. Mogensen on June 17, 2010, 07:52:00 PM

I used to like the sure grip, then I tried the leather tape that 3R sells and really liked that for a while. Then I went to nothing at all and have stayed that way. I just don't like grips anymore. I hate to cover up pretty wood anyway.  :saywhat:

Title: Re: Longbow-grip?
Post by: Mike Vines on June 17, 2010, 08:22:00 PM

I've got a moose hide wrap on my Hill bow, and bare wood on a longbow I built.  I prefer the leather one.

Title: Re: Longbow-grip?
Post by: Daz on June 17, 2010, 09:28:00 PM

Ooohhh, i should probably keep this one to myself, but here goes:
Hockey tape.
Rugged, easy grip build up, easy to add locator if wanted, great grip in all weather.
No, not pretty, but neither am i...

Title: Re: Longbow-grip?
Post by: Fourarrows on June 17, 2010, 09:46:00 PM

Wouldn't any flex in the grip material introduce a variable into bow to hand contact?

Title: Re: Longbow-grip?
Post by: Dave Lay on June 19, 2010, 11:14:00 PM

I have always liked a leather grip.. the beaver tail on my PLV is the best grip I have to date...

Title: Re: Longbow-grip?
Post by: eric-thor on June 20, 2010, 03:29:00 AM

i love leather .its just natural in my hand.

Title: Re: Longbow-grip?
Post by: bolong on June 21, 2010, 11:43:00 AM

Leather for me.

Title: Re: Longbow-grip?
Post by: bolong on June 21, 2010, 11:52:00 AM

Leather for me.

Title: Re: Longbow-grip?
Post by: David Mitchell on June 21, 2010, 01:01:00 PM

Leather.