What a leather grip will cover up...

[chackworth3]

I haven't posted any pics of new bows on here in a while but I figured I would share this one with y'all since I covered up some pretty cool grain with a leather grip, especially since my leather work isn't quite the same quality as featherflinger's... It's 60" pau ferro with a phenolic I-beam and pau ferro veneers. These are some post-leather grip pics...
Here it was before the leather grip...

[Horn chaser]

I can't bring myself to cover up the pretty wood yet with a leather grip. The pics don't do that Pau Ferro any justice. I need to test this one out next time I am at the shop and see how it feels with the leather grip on it. Good looking bow Chris.

[Bisch]

No leather grips for me!

Bisch

[WTK]

I'd rather stipple the grip to keep it from being slippery. Then you can see the wood through it.

[BTLowry]

Maybe a dumb question but why would you put a leather grip on a bow?

Feel?

Combat sliding in your hand?

[chackworth3]

Maybe a dumb question but why would you put a leather grip on a bow?

Feel?

Combat sliding in your hand?

Feel, looks, sliding or a combo of the three. Some people really like them. I'm in between on them but I definitely like a leather grip better than I like a stipled grip, they look good but just never liked how they felt in my hand

[killerbee]

Great looking curve!

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[moreammo]

Good looking bow Chris! I like leather sometimes... sometimes not so much

[Bud Ellis]

I also like leather sometimes .

[Hunter Todd]

I like the leather grip on my recurve.

[SwampRabbit]

I'm gonna say that I really like that bow without the leather grip. That grain around that palm swell is just too pretty to cover up.

So far, I have only liked having a leather grip on a bow that doesn't have a locator grip or just really needs to be heeled (like a hill style bow.)

[KenWood]

All mine have leather grips. For one reason, to cover up the splice joint in the handle. Need some full length staves because I favor no grip. I like the bow to slide in my hand. Less I can torque the bow.

[M.E.B.]

I had a few Massie longbows with leather grips and he made nice looking leather grips. Howard Hill used leather grips

After a while I asked myself why I was paying more for a fancy riser then covering it with leather so I stopped using leather grips.

[ghostgoblin22]

I prefer the leather grip, especially in the colder temps late in the season


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