How long should I give it ?

[jt85]

Have you ever had a bow that you love everything about but just can't get a feel for the grip?
I have a Toelke Chinook that was made for me last September, it is beautiful, has good performance, and very quit the only problem is after 7 months I still am having a lot of trouble finding a consistent grip and I feel this is my biggest problem with my accuracy.

If I had it to do over I think I would have went with the locator style grip rather than the classic but its to late for that now.

My question to you is how long do you stick with a bow before you decide its just not the one for you?

[sleepyhollow]

Have you talked to Dan about having him reshaping the grip into a locator grip for you ?

[jsweka]

Reshape it yourself.  Go slow and test drive it as you go.  Stop when it feels good.

[jt85]

No I sure haven't, to be honest I did not know that would even be an option.

[Firstlight]

I had a damon howatt hunter from the 70's which I took a rasp to on the riser.

Now it fit's my hand perfectly.

Not the same bow class of bow as your's but maybe the bowyer can adjust it for you or let you know if it's wise to work on it yourself.

[joe skipp]

Contact Dan...explain your problem. I guarantee he will take the bow back and reshape the grip any way you want. If a bow feels good in your hand, you will shoot it well. The mental aspect of you not being comfortable with the grip will alter your shooting and accuracy suffers.

[Yellow Dog]

I would get ahold of Dan. His customer service is top notch.

[Fattony77]

Sent ya a PM.

[fling]

Jt, I have a Toelke super D that I love. But I have a hard time with a consistent grip. I catch myself torquing the bow  a lot . I was shooting it yesterday trying different things and found the right combination of of hand placement and pressure. After shooting it most of the day with no more torquing I feel very confident  with this bow now. Don't give up.

[jt85]

Thank you everybody for your advice.
fling I have had several times where I thought I had it figured out only to go out the next time and be trying to find it again.  Glad to hear you found what works for you.

I think I'll call Dan some time cause there is no way I can talk myself into shaping it myself!!

[**DONOTDELETE**]

Give Dan a call bro.... I'll bet he'll fix you up and remodel your grip for you.... He's a great guy.

Don't you dare take a rasp to that thing... Voids the warranty.....

[Biathlonman]

Forgot Dan, sell it to me at a steep discount!  Lol

[nineworlds9]

What a lot of guys don't know is that Dan will do a beavertail or leather grip over the standard thumbrest grip, that way you have the best of both worlds.  I had him do it on the SS I recently purchased to try out.  It is a bit of work for him to
stretch the material, but he'll do it.  He always aims to please.

[nineworlds9]

Hell Dan will even put a thumbrest grip on the Super D for you.  He'll literally do whatever you ask.  They take 'custom' bows seriously.

[jt85]

Thanks guys.
Don't worry Kirk I'll not be taking a rasp to it.

[**DONOTDELETE**]

Originally posted by jt85:
Thanks guys.
Don't worry Kirk I'll not be taking a rasp to it.

Whew!   ya had me getting chills just thinking about it. Some guys just got no respect... LOL

The feel of your grip should be natural bro. I would recommend sending Dan a few pictures of you at full draw from each side, and one quartered away from the back on the off side of the bow so he can see your wrist rotation and thumb.... That really helps a bowyer see what you got going on for wrist angles and adjust the thumb ledge accordingly....

If you catch Dan at a busy time and he can't get to it right away. Rattle my cage bro. I can help you out.

[jt85]

Thank you Kirk that is very generous of you.

[Red Beastmaster]

How long should you give it?

I put up with an uncomfortable grip on my custom recurve for a little over a year, which was about a year too long. Yes, I took the rasp to it. Hey, it's my bow, I might as well make the grip feel right. No one else knows how it feels except me.

My next new bow was a longbow. I didn't fool around too long trying to get used to the grip. I reworked that grip within a month.

It depends on the situation and the bow whether on not I reshape the grip. There is definately a pucker factor to deal with when you make that first pass with the rasp!