has anyone here tried cordwrapping their handles?

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I'm in the process of round 3 of trying to do a turks head knot on my 18" dui chirra ang khola, and I was wondering if anyone has any experience with cord wrapping their handles.

I' gonna try putting the wrap on a set of soda cans, and then slipping it onto the handle, cause I'm tired of having all my cord wraps have at least 2 mistakes on the top and bottom lines. I know how to keep the center weave correct, but in order to do it I always end up having to skip an up down run. I can't help but think that a perfectly cylindrical base will make the top weaves infinitely easier to get right.

on the second attempt, I liked the grip and the diameter the cord wrap produced, but it's quite bumpy and quite hard once fully tightened. has anyone here done a cord wrap and done extended chopping with it? does it increase the chance of blisters?

I'm doing it on this because the ring was way to low (between the pink and ring instead of middle and ring fingers), and once I shaved it completely off the grip was a touch to thin and smooth to feel safe and comfortable.
 
i use steve's pictorial on rattan rings, HERE. they are turks heads, the cord used is just rattan in the pics, could be any mtl. have used that on a variety of grips (& scabbards), just not kukhs...
 
I have wrapped gaff and other wood handles with siening twine.
the ends of the plaiting are usually covered with a turks head knot.
A a smaller turks head can be used as a finger placement guide.
i reference "Ashely'e book of Knots" and Bruce Grant's "encyclopedia of raw hide and Leather Braiding"..
the idea is the same.
use different sizes of siening twine for the appropriate effect.
 
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the beggining of the full wrap. I'm going to attempt 4 spirals for a full length wrap, but the first two attempts failed. I'm hopeing the rubber band guides will help the third attempt. the second would have worked just fine, but I'm tired of having every one of my full turks heads come out wrong on the top and bottom.

example:
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my question was mostly how a really tight and hard cord wrap feels on a chopper, wether it digs into the hand to much. I love it on smaller knives, but have never had occassion to chop with one
 
I would think that unless you set it with epoxy...it will make the grip worse (more loose).

Had a chance to try it out yet?




Dan
 
I have a non HI 12" Ankgola, sorry, forgot the spelling, :o
That had a very skinny handle, I wrapped the handle with net twine, and simply finished it with a whipped tuck. This is not a thing of beauty, but did hold up and made the handle fit the hand better. Form follows function however, so keep at it if you want it pretty. :)
 
I did a very basic cord wrap on an 18" WWII. The wrap improved the handle ergonomics for me and I never had a problem with it loosening up. I've since wrapped the cordwrap with some self sealing silicone tape similar to the product here. www.ertape.com the grip on this knife is simply amazing now. The cushioning aspects of cord wrap with grippiness of silicone.

Here's a shot of it pre-silicone tape.

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No chord wrapping here, but I DID wrap the handle of my boomerang with tacky tennis tape :D does the trick!
 
I did a basic wrap ( Very Similar to what RacerX2003 did with his) on my Museam Model. I used Green Garden Jutte for my handle. It added a bit more "Cush" and grip to it. That and I just don't like all metal handles. Can anybody say lick the pump handle on a cold wet day??????

Marc Adkins
 
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