How to build up your bow handle---easy!!!

[ken denton]

I got my Mohawk in June and I love it, but the handle has been a little small for my average size hand so I fixed it as follows; It has a thin leather handle on it so I took a Shur-grip rubber roll on handle and tried to roll it over the leather handle( that does' not work).  Then I took off the leather handle, put Vaseline inside the rubber handle and slid it on (I cut off the extra length to the same as the leather handle before I slid it on). I then pulled the stiching out of the leather handle and put it over the rubber and restiched it. The rubber holds the leather in place after the stiching.I like the rubber or leather on my bow handles and around the throat to be about 4 5/8". This put this on a tat over but it feels good. When having a new bow made it is a good idea to tell the bowyer what your bow measures around the throat and discuss it with him. One mistake I made was not keeping the stiching inline with the back of the bow. Try it and if you do not like it,just remove the leather and try it with just the rubber. Here are sime photos to show how it looks, Ken

[ken denton]

[Flatshooter]

HEY KEN, I have used bicycle tubes to cut my own "Shur grips" for years. When I recently received my new Pronghorn with leather grip I too felt it was a little too small. I just rolled a piece of the cut tub over the leather wrap and that worked really well. Whatever way you do it, the idea of a double wrapped handle works great.

[Dave Huff]

I recently picked up my first longbow and likewise didn't care for the smaller grip.  Being used to a pistol style grip of my curves I set out to duplicate it. Being a leather guy I tooled up a leather grip, making it slightly oversized.  Double loop laced it on and got into my scrap bin and cut down small rectangles of leather. I slid the cut pieces under the grip in areas like the heel and palm swell to build it up to match the curves. Came out really nice and it's comfortable, has about the same feel as my recurves. Unless you turn the bow upside down and look up under the grip you can't see the inserts. just a simple way to do it.  I like the idea of a rubber grip though, especially during the summer when your hand sweats. or the winter when it's cold.

[Holm-Made]

Be nice not to have to glue the leather, just stitch it over the rubber.  Easy to remove later if you ever decided to.  Also it would have to help to reduce handshock if you had a bow that had an excess amount to it.  Good tip,  Chad

[Bjorn]

I used bicycle inner tube under the leather in this grip which covers a metal sleeve I installed on this BBO.

[AdamH]

Looks good Ken, Hope your buddy likes the MOHAWK I sold him through you, looks ALOT like yours but LH, Vince builds a nice one !!

[ken denton]

Here is another view of the hand le.

[Mohawkbows]

Ken, nice job, looks great!...sorry I missed getting the riser the right size for ya.

[ken denton]

Vince, I love it the way it is now(It feels soft).My Mohawk is perfect! It shoots where I look and is so quiet! I bought a left hand one on Tradgang and sent it to my buddy of 50 years. Ken