Need to wrap my grip

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I have a Martin Savannah and it needs the grip wrapped. I've ordered the leather grip material from 3Rivers and thought I followed the video instructions (he made it look so easy) but I just ended up with shelf scraps and barge cement all over me. Such beautiful laminations and it almost seems a shame to cover it up but its almost too slick. I really like the beaver tail wrap with a nice baseball stitch. Anyone here that does this? Thanks all....Phil

[joekeith]

I think Big Jim could help ya out with that.

[Bud B.]

I wrapped two wood bows recently. My Dad's old Howard Hill style bow and another smaller bow, I used thin calf leather I bought from a local leather shop's scrap box. I punched holes with a plier type leather punch and did the cross stitch sew-up.

They looked nice. I wet the leather while stitching it and both dried nicely to the bow and conformed well.

Good luck on your wrap.

[Bud B.]

badarrow,

If you need a piece of leather I can go by the leather shop and look in their scrap box.

Just let me know if you'd like some and I'll get by there sometime. It may take me a bit though.

It's a dice roll on what he has but give me some color choices. I have some white leather now that would work as wrap material. It's dimpled to look like ostritch, I think.

Bud

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Bud, thank you for the very generous offer but I think my days of leather work are over due to me massacring the expensive leather I already bought. I think I'll look up BigJim and just send it off. Whats sad is there is a leather shop near me. I walked in thinking that it'd be easy for them but they only sold premade motorcycle leather saddle bags and jackets. Looked at me like I was an idiot for bringing a bow in! I probably just need to search our sponsors here on TradGang, I'm sure I'll find someone. Thanks again....Phil

[cbCrow]

BA, why don't you try what I use, which is tennis racket wrap. You can get it at any sporting good store, 4rolls for $6. And it comes in different colors. I even use it on my new excellerator to prevent slipping. The stuff works great.  

[BamaBarebow]

We sometimes use wrap for hockey sticks, come in different colors and its cushioned.(I think its the same thing as the tennis racket) I recommend it highly, it feels good in your hand and is a non slip grip.

[DannyBows]

If you're not committed to leather, 3rivers has some grip choices you could do yourself cheaply. I've used the Suregrip and it works well and looks fine. The posi-grip looks better. Another option, especially if you want to see as much wood as possible is a saddle. You might even have a piece of that scrap big enough for that. Here's a link to 3Rivers bow grip page:

 http://www.3riversarchery.com/Bow+Accessories+Grips+%2526+Material_c46_s212_p0_thumb.html