I buy whole lamb hides on eBay. I usually find the ones suitable for glove leather then I cut either strips or panels for wrapping out of the hide. It's cheaper this way and you get a lot of material to work with. For rubber, either cording or sheets etc, I get from Mcmastercarr.com You can lose a whole day shopping at that site, so be careful
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Like this (a ribbed rubber tube. I can't imagine what it is meant for), which I found on the road as I crossed the street in the -34 Celsius weather this morning on the way to work. I'm sure it'll end up on some saber eventually as a nice grip.
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All the leather wraps I have done are ether leather from a supply store here in my city or recover leather from coats at the thrift store mostly.
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thanx man!! bookmarked. found the lamb skin
Anyone order switched off of ebay? see some for cheap but they're 12v
I also get my leather from ebay as well. I buy all my stuff from a guy in Minnesota. Most leather is sold in thickness measured in ounces. 1oz = 0.016" 2oz = 0.032".....so on and so forth. So 9 oz leather would be approximately 0.144" thick. I prefer to use the 2oz-3oz leather is this isn't so thin as to make it feel flimsy but just thick enough to make comfortable grips. But mostly it's a lot of searching and trial and error. That's how I've done it anyways.
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I found this video a while back.
How to braid 8 strands around a core - Youtube
I thought it would be cool to do on a staff or sword handle and could just as easily be done for a saber hilt.
I think its how they covered Gimli's axe handle in LotR.
McMaster-Carr (http://www.mcmaster.com/) is a great site for adhesive backed rubber. You can get it in different thicknesses, smooth or textured.
http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y23...0Saber%20Hilts
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Someone else posted this. Looks like a great shop. I'll have to spend more time browsing in there. We have a few electronics depots here I think a lot of people would go nuts forOriginally Posted by ARKM
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