Saber Aesthetics

[Symbiant]

Browsing so many pages upon pages of custom builds i find sabers of the simplest design to some crafted beyond true duplication. Using leather wraps to rubber grips rustic values and clean room white glove tested aesthetics. my question is for all the experienced builders is where you get supplies such as leather wrapping. i notice some of it almost looks like hockey tape. the yoda saber has such a clean rubber on the bottom of the hilt. where do you find these types of supplies? Is there a supply online? I search eBay and find some things but most of the leather i find is way too thick and probably stiff.

[Silver Serpent]

I think Tandy Leather is a fairly commonly used leather supplier online. I'm sure there are others, but that's one I've heard mentioned a lot.

[Forgetful Jedi Knight]

Most "add-on" items are stuff that people find (more like accidentally stumble across) during their travels and say "Hey! That would be cool to add to... "

[Symbiant]

thank you, i'll have to check out that leather site

[the Director]

HobbyLobby is a huge craft type store with tons of stuff that could be used in building or detailing a saber. They sell a lot of different types of leather strips as well.

[dgregory]

I go to the flea market and always bring a pair of calipers.

[Symbiant]

^^^nice

[Symbiant]

Has anyone used bicycle handle bar wrap before?

[Forgetful Jedi Knight]

Has anyone used bicycle handle bar wrap before?

I believe something like that has been used before.

[Symbiant]

I believe something like that has been used before.

yeah i'm looking at it. looks perfect. saw a decent tutorial as well on youtube for wrapping leather. looks amazing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-I53JFcpEq4