Author Topic: Leather Wrap on Tall Tines (Read 648 times)

parshal · « **on:** February 13, 2013, 09:58:00 PM »

I had a nice piece of leather and decided to put it on my new TT. It's covering pristine checkering but I think it looks real nice. I first wet the leather and stretched it around the handle and used clamps to hold it in place for a couple days to dry. I trimmed it a bit and repeated. I used natural colored artificial sinew for thread. It ended up a little looser and the top and bottom than I wanted. I might take it off and trim it a bit tighter which shouldn't take long at all but I think I'll leave it as is for now. I put neatsfoot oil on it hoping it might shrink a little so it's a bit darker now.

Over&Under · « **Reply #1 on:** February 13, 2013, 10:14:00 PM »

Wow!...nice job!

TRAP · « **Reply #2 on:** February 13, 2013, 10:20:00 PM »

Great Job !!!!!

see · « **Reply #3 on:** February 13, 2013, 11:22:00 PM »

You got me wanting one on my bow.what would you charge? That's a fine job

Tsalt · « **Reply #4 on:** February 13, 2013, 11:23:00 PM »

Looks great

Richie · « **Reply #5 on:** February 13, 2013, 11:26:00 PM »

Great job, looks good.

PA Bones · « **Reply #6 on:** February 14, 2013, 08:13:00 AM »

That is nice! Great job.

parshal · « **Reply #7 on:** February 14, 2013, 10:48:00 AM »

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Originally posted by see:
You got me wanting one on my bow.what would you charge? That's a fine job

The toughest part is finding the right piece of leather. I found a Tandy leather store and went through bins of scraps to find pieces. This was the only piece that I found that was useful. The work itself is very simple.

NormanDale33 · « **Reply #8 on:** February 14, 2013, 11:01:00 AM »

Wow, that looks cool. Do you use any type of adhesive in addition to getting it wet? That looks really well done. Good job.

parshal · « **Reply #9 on:** February 14, 2013, 11:40:00 AM »

I'd re-wrapped a Griffin and there was adhesive from the maker so I used adhesive on that one. I didn't want to ruin the pristine checkering so I used no adhesive. I wet and wrapped it a couple of times to completely form it so I didn't have to use a glue. Had I used adhesive I could easily get the top and bottom tight.

NormanDale33 · « **Reply #10 on:** February 14, 2013, 03:27:00 PM »

That is impressive that it was done without glue, and I can see why you didn't. Cool homepage too, enjoyed looking through the pics.

Guss · « **Reply #11 on:** February 14, 2013, 04:11:00 PM »

That's one of the purtiest TT's I've seen...!! Good job on the grip!

parshal · « **Reply #12 on:** February 14, 2013, 04:52:00 PM »

duplicate

njloco · « **Reply #13 on:** February 14, 2013, 05:32:00 PM »

Nice job, looks very good.

BuckeyeGuy · « **Reply #14 on:** February 15, 2013, 08:22:00 AM »

Wow, that turned out great. Nice work.

slayer1 · « **Reply #15 on:** February 15, 2013, 09:13:00 AM »

You did a great job!

Pat B. · « **Reply #16 on:** February 15, 2013, 09:46:00 AM »

Well done !

pamike · « **Reply #17 on:** February 15, 2013, 09:51:00 AM »

i was thinking about doing that on a couple bows - nice work!

parshal · « **Reply #18 on:** February 15, 2013, 10:05:00 AM »

I may remove it this weekend and reduce the overall length to expose more of the wood since it's quite a bit longer than the width of my palm. I should be able to trim it up a bit and tighten it. If I do, I'll post more pics. I'll also show pics of the leather removed from the bow.

JJB · « **Reply #19 on:** February 15, 2013, 06:28:00 PM »

Very nice!
-Jay


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