lever wraps

sweettooth · March 22, 2006, 05:47:45 AM

Could some one tell me the material, type of glue, and correct procedure for puting a lever wrap on ?
Thank you

Camille Eonich · March 22, 2006, 08:44:49 AM

Some people use rawhide and wrap the lever with that. I prefer latigo because it's softer. Latigo is just a very soft leather like a garment leather. Cut a strip and wrap it tightly around the lever and then tie it off when you get to the end. You don't need glue.

Arcey · March 22, 2006, 10:03:44 AM

Quote from: Camille Eonich on March 22, 2006, 08:44:49 AM
You don't need glue.

'n just whut is the feller supposed ta sniff if he don't use glue?

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Hell-Er High Water · March 22, 2006, 10:05:32 AM

I cut a strip of soft leather that goes into the lever lengthwise from the inside and wraps around to the bottom. I then stitch a seam on the outside (bottom) of the lever from front to rear. This leaves the inside of the lever smooth and easy on the kuckles.

HHW

Camille Eonich · March 22, 2006, 10:22:04 AM

Quote from: Arcey on March 22, 2006, 10:03:44 AM
'n just whut is the feller supposed ta sniff if he don't use glue?

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Shame....

Arcey · March 22, 2006, 10:35:00 AM

Glad I didn't suggest cat pelts........................

Sweettooth, throw in with the latigo leather. I've had two layers wound up on mine for I can't remember how long. The stuff has been smacked by the back of my fingers so many times it has grooves in it. All you have to do when it loosens is retie it. For my two cents it's as good as it gets.

I suspect cat would cause ya ta sneeze if ya sniffed it ennyways....................

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blue drifter · March 22, 2006, 10:44:42 AM

Quote from: Arcey on March 22, 2006, 10:35:00 AM
Glad I didn't suggest cat pelts........................

Sweettooth, throw in with the latigo leather. I've had two layers wound up on mine for I can't remember how long. The stuff has been smacked by the back of my fingers so many times it has grooves in it. All you have to do when it loosens is retie it. For my two cents it's as good as it gets.

I suspect cat would cause ya ta sneeze if ya sniffed it ennyways....................

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real men use " OAK BARK "

Big John Denny · March 22, 2006, 02:09:50 PM

I compromise and wrap my levers with cat tongues. If you run short, Miss Camille has some cats running around her place. It's the best use for cats I've found since it became unpopular to eat them.

Arcey · March 22, 2006, 02:48:26 PM

Been nice knowin' ya, John......................................................

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Russ T Chambers · March 22, 2006, 03:28:47 PM

I've heard Miss Camille uses Dennyhide, ever since the Naugas were put on the endangered species list!

Chance · March 22, 2006, 05:06:37 PM

Quote from: blue drifter on March 22, 2006, 10:44:42 AM
real men use " OAK BARK "

Real men don't use wraps!

Camille Eonich · March 22, 2006, 05:10:48 PM

Quote from: Big John Denny on March 22, 2006, 02:09:50 PM
I compromise and wrap my levers with cat tongues. If you run short, Miss Camille has some cats running around her place. It's the best use for cats I've found since it became unpopular to eat them.

When I was about 6 years old I shot a big ol' boy with a BB gun for threatening to throw one of my cats on the highway. I have real guns now........

Sod Buster · March 22, 2006, 05:12:15 PM

Quote from: Camille Eonich on March 22, 2006, 05:10:48 PM

When I was about 6 years old I shot a big ol' boy with a BB gun for threatening to throw one of my cats on the highway. I have real guns now........

Oh-oh....somebody's in trouble now.............

sweettooth · March 22, 2006, 07:29:43 PM

Thanks for the replys but now I have to reread them I was laughing so hard . All I seem to rember is cats and dont sniff them.
Semper fi Sweettooth

Camille Eonich · March 22, 2006, 09:51:34 PM

Huh oh...we did get off topic again didn't we?

It's Arcey's fault.

*smacks Arcey upside the head*

Arcey · March 23, 2006, 03:52:54 AM

DANGED CRAZY WOMAN!!!!!

All I did was ask a question, make a suggestion 'n made partin' werds wit John! Now I'm bein' quiet, sittin' 'ere gettin' 'is funeral in order 'n ya smack me?!?!?!

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Marshal harpoluke · March 23, 2006, 05:57:59 AM

Quote from: Chance on March 22, 2006, 05:06:37 PM
Real men don't use wraps!

I Quite agree, Real Men Don' T Use Wraps. Never have seen them on Origanals, never used them on the Ranch.
My hands look like theve been through a Meat Grinder.

Grump.

Mad.

Quit pickin on Miss Cammie's Kitty.

Arcey · March 23, 2006, 08:49:25 AM

Whut's an "Origanal"?

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Marshal harpoluke · March 23, 2006, 01:12:30 PM

Winchesters all Flavers, ie, 76, 94's all pre war (I) or pre 1900.

sweettooth · March 23, 2006, 06:42:02 PM

Well I followed directions as best I could rember them . But it took almost 5 cat tongues to make a wrap and now Im so scratched up I cant hold the rifle . My wife suggested I use Latigo but I told her she doesnt know anything about shooting Latigo would make me sneeze . Guess I should have used the oak bark.