How to Make a Leather Handle Wrap--Without Stitching - Core7

Artist

Cam Bergerman

counts archery and leatherworking among his hobbies. Having learned how to craft leather handle wraps the traditional way, with stitching, he decided to experiment a bit:

艺术家

卡姆·伯格曼

把射箭和皮革加工算作他的爱好之一。在学习了如何用传统的方式制作皮革手柄包裹后，他决定做一点实验：

I had an idea a while back for a way to join a seam in leather without anything but the leather itself. The idea is similar to a zipper. I finally got a chance to try it out on a handle wrap, and was quite happy with how it ended up.

我有一个想法，而回来的一种方法来加入皮革接缝没有任何东西，但皮革本身。这个想法类似于拉链。我终于有机会在一个手柄包装上试用了一下，对它的结局相当满意。

From experimenting on some scrap, I found that the hole diameter has to be slightly larger than (edit) the distance between the holes.

通过对一些废料的实验，我发现孔的直径必须略大于（编辑）孔之间的距离。

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Notice in the pic below, I

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cut out toward the edge on the top and bottom holes along the left side. This keeps it from "unzipping" when it's put together.

沿沿着左侧向顶部和底部孔的边缘切出。这使它从“解压缩”时，它放在一起。

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You may need some pliers to pull the first and last tabs through the holes, since they are not cut open like the rest.

你可能需要一些钳子来拉第一个和最后一个标签通过孔，因为他们不是像其余的切开。

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Once it's started, just alternate tucking the tabs under each other. When you get to the end you might have to use pliers again. You want the first and last tabs to be as wide as you can possibly fit through the holes, since they are basically what hold the whole thing together.

一旦开始，就交替把标签塞在彼此下面。当你到达终点时，你可能不得不再次使用钳子。你希望第一个和最后一个标签是一样宽，你可以通过孔，因为他们基本上是什么举行整个事情在一起。

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You can tool and/or stain the leather how ever you like. This wrap was a nice snug fit, so I had to use some saddle soap to lube it up enough to slide it onto the widest part of the bow's grip.

你可以工具和/或染色皮革无论你喜欢。这个包裹是一个很好的舒适适合，所以我不得不使用一些马鞍肥皂润滑它足够滑到弓的抓地力最宽的部分。

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There are several variables that you have to take into account, including the size of the holes that you punch, the thickness of the leather you are using, and how much of a "tab" you leave underneath the joint. You could figure the size out by trial and error, or if you are an engineer you could do some complicated math, but this is how I figured it out. I had a couple scrap pieces that I had used to test the idea. I "zipped" them up, taped them

有几个变量，你必须考虑，包括你打孔的大小，你使用的皮革的厚度，以及你在关节下面留下多少“标签”。你可以通过反复试验来计算出它的大小，或者如果你是一个工程师，你可以做一些复杂的数学运算，但这就是我如何计算出来的。我有几个废零件，我曾用来测试的想法。我把它们“拉上”，

tightly

around where the grip would end up being, and then unzipped the leather from the front. Then it was just a matter of measuring to get the correct width. As far as the length, just match it to your handle.

周围的抓地力将最终被，然后从前面解开皮革拉链。然后，这只是一个测量的问题，以获得正确的宽度。至于长度，只要和你的手柄相配就行了。

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Nice work, Bergerman!

干得好伯格曼