Green thread on Tomahawk Handles

[wademc]

What would be a nice green (shiney like a Greenhead Mallard) thread I could use to wrap a tomahawk handle. Used green linen already but is a little rough. I'm going for looks !

Wade

 

[PayetteRucker]

an iridescent green like that will be hard to achieve. Your best bet may be dying some kind of very smooth leather and then waxing it to a very shiny polish. Tandy's forest green should be about right. You could use some thinner leather cut into a 3/4ths inch strip and then crosswrap, or you can do a traditional leather grip sewn up with sinew or latigo lace.

 

[Zombiechopper]

fly tying thread my good man.
https://www.flyfishingoutfitters.com/simms/s/viewitem.aspx?pid=ztr-sri-tytr-070-0000-ovgr

 

[PayetteRucker]

It'd take alot of fly thread to wrap a handle green, but boy she'd look pretty...

 

[Zombiechopper]

nah, not really. Two or three spools I'd bet. That would be a whopping Six bucks in thread

I might try it actually. Dip in shellac afterwards or maybe beeswax

 

[scouter27]

nah, not really. Two or three spools I'd bet. That would be a whopping Six bucks in thread

I might try it actually. Dip in shellac afterwards or maybe beeswax

It might not be a lot dollar wise, but that's a lot of wrapping.

 

[M3mphis]

What about paracord with the inner strands removed so it lays flatter. They make all sorts of colors of paracord these days.