Originally posted by lpcjon2: I also use leather belt pieces for my longbow for rest and strike plate. I take a razor and shave the leather to about 1/16 to 1/8 thick and cut the desired shape and use barge cement to apply it to the bow.
Originally posted by Scott S.: For a homemade leather rest/plate, a piece off a worn out leather glove should be thinner than most belts. I think I have also made a rest once out of an old chamois cloth.