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Step 5Leather!
Firstly I neatly wrapped some leather around the normal handle, I basically stuck it down with PVA, and carefully followed the contours cutting out tabs to allow it to go around bends.
I used masking tape to hold this in place while the glue dried.
Next to work on the Forestock.
For this I decided to play with my new leather stamping set, first using a paper template I cut out a decent shape to fit over the stock.
I soaked the leather with water under a tap, then placed the various shaped tools onto the leather and gave them a quick tap with a hammer - if you don't have some stamping tools, then a large screw driver or other metal shape can be used.
Wait for the leather to dry, then glue it to the stock.
I used masking tape to hold this in place while the glue dried.
Next to work on the Forestock.
For this I decided to play with my new leather stamping set, first using a paper template I cut out a decent shape to fit over the stock.
I soaked the leather with water under a tap, then placed the various shaped tools onto the leather and gave them a quick tap with a hammer - if you don't have some stamping tools, then a large screw driver or other metal shape can be used.
Wait for the leather to dry, then glue it to the stock.
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Oct 5, 2009. 4:03 AMaussie_in_mo
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For what it's worth you should look into "boning" as a process for hand forming leather to the shape of your stock/grips. Boning involves soaking the leather under water and then pressing it around the item you want to shape it to. It's used to create custom fit handgun holsters or knife sheaths. If you use fairly thin leather then you can get a lot of the detail contours from the stock to come through the leather also.
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