anyone put a leather grip on a recurve? How?

[Romans3]

I'd like to put a leather grip on my recurve but it has a significantly curved grip. Does anyone have any tips on how to best go about doing this? The leather I have doesn't stretch much so I can't get it to go down smoothly around the whole grip.

[BOWMARKS]

Check out Three Rivers they have seven grips . I have only used the saddle it forms perfectly to your bow and is a very comftable leather .

[Bob G]

I have done a few. I use masking tape to make a pattern then sew it up. You will have trouble if you have any really radical shapes, like deep grip areas. Cut a good pattern. Hold it on with rubber cement while you sew, go slow, enjoy the work and it should turn out just fine.

[MikeW]

^^^
thx for the tip there. I have a Beaver tail I want to use on my Blacktail. I've been messing with it and can't see how I was going to get it on there looking good. I'll try your tape method.

[Flints]

http://www.angelfire.com/sk/myplace/sparky3.html

This should help. Flints

[MikeW]

About that link...
Doing a straight longbow grip is pretty straight forward. Getting the curves smooth on a recurve is something else. I want mine to come out like this.
 

 

[tradtusker]

wow those are nice  

[joekeith]

To make it fit radical curves I've found it helps to wet the leather and do one curve atta time.  To help it stay how ya want till it dries I use some heavy string to wrap it.  Here's a pic I hope will help...