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Title: Leather wrapped handles?
Post by: LC on January 09, 2013, 10:53:00 PM

Ok I have searched and searched but does anyone have a tutuorial of how to wrap a bow handle with leather like the 50's style bow. No sewing involved just glued with the edges tapered?

Title: Re: Leather wrapped handles?
Post by: fujimo on January 09, 2013, 11:40:00 PM

i have seen some awesome skived leather handles on here- somebody is gonna help ya!!

Title: Re: Leather wrapped handles?
Post by: 2treks on January 10, 2013, 07:08:00 AM

http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=14;t=000835#000000

http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=14;t=005642

http://tradgang.com/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=14;t=005999#000000

This should get you started.

CTT

Title: Re: Leather wrapped handles?
Post by: LC on January 10, 2013, 09:51:00 PM

Thanks,that is EXACTLY what I needed to learn. I'll be dang I searched with different words here and got nothing. That's my luck using search engines! Shame we can't put a sticky at the top with Good tutorials like these or like Kennys bow form build in on one thread for folks to scan through.

Trad Gang

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