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Author Topic: Sure grips & thumb rests?  (Read 288 times)

Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Sure grips & thumb rests?
« on: November 28, 2010, 04:29:00 PM »
Anybody try a sure grip on a thumb rest type grip? Just wondering how it worked and felt. Thanks for any tips!

Offline S.C. Hunter

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Re: Sure grips & thumb rests?
« Reply #1 on: November 28, 2010, 04:36:00 PM »
I have not tried one but my Fedora xcellerator doesn't need one. This bow grip allows my hand to just rest right where it needs to everytime.
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Re: Sure grips & thumb rests?
« Reply #2 on: November 28, 2010, 04:43:00 PM »
I know what you mean SC, my bow feels the same. I just like the "insulated" feel of a grip, and I believe it dampens the bow a touch also. Mostly wondered if they slipped over the the thumb rest nice, or if it bulked it up too much.

Offline David Mitchell

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Re: Sure grips & thumb rests?
« Reply #3 on: November 28, 2010, 04:44:00 PM »
My friend tried to put a sure grip on his Fedora recurve and it wouldn't fit but tore over the thumb rest so it just stuck out fron the rubber grip.
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Re: Sure grips & thumb rests?
« Reply #4 on: November 28, 2010, 04:46:00 PM »
David that would work, the rip may be not be all bad? Hopefully it holds together. My bow was built by a friend of mine, his thumb rest is a little smaller than the Fedora style. I may just have to spend $7 and find out!

Offline Bjorn

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Re: Sure grips & thumb rests?
« Reply #5 on: November 28, 2010, 05:17:00 PM »
I make the rubber grips from mtn bike tubes work great and 15 grips for 4 bucks!

Offline JRY309

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Re: Sure grips & thumb rests?
« Reply #6 on: November 28, 2010, 05:19:00 PM »
A friend of mine worked a shur grip over the thumb rest on a Mikuta longbow,alittle tough to get on but it didn't rip.

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Re: Sure grips & thumb rests?
« Reply #7 on: November 29, 2010, 09:06:00 AM »
Bjorn is the bike tube material as thick and tacky as the sure grip material? Im a do-it-yourselfer kind of guy and thats right up my alley.

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Re: Sure grips & thumb rests?
« Reply #8 on: November 29, 2010, 09:24:00 AM »
If the Bike material isnt too think you could double it up, perhaps teh second layer would fit nicely over the thumb rest. Just a thought. Let us know how you make out.
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