Making a bow (continuation of the continuation)

Yesterday, I said that all I had left was the leather on the grip.

This afternoon, Enzo and I put that on. It was pretty simple. First we chose the leather, and cut a 10 cm wide strip (because that is roughly how long my grip is). Then we used a little string to measure the circumference of the grip, and cut the leather a bit shorter than that. At this point we had a 10x11 cm rectangle of leather. Then we marked the edge that would need holes in it (the 10 cm long one). Using the markings, a little dowel thingit, and a hammer, I whacked little holes into the leather.

Holes made!

Next we got the string and doubled it up (one strand looks wimpy). Then we threaded needles onto both ends. Then a bit at a time, we glued down the leather, stitched it up, tightened the stitches and stretched the leather. We got to the bottom, and then we used a little stick to tighten the stitches some more. After that, we used a hammer to flatten down the seam a bit. Next, we used another little stick to put some glue next to the arrow rest, and we tied spare pieces of wood around it to get the leather as close to the arrow rest as possible.

Holding the leather down

The finished product

The front

In my hand!

Then I thanked Enzo and walked back up the hill, getting funny looks all the way.

On to the string!

Ciao,

Florence