new SMG handle wrap (Page 1 of 2)

Thanks,
I hadn't thought of the vet wrap.  I might have something similar around the house.

I figured contact cement would be the best bet but wanted to check and see what others have done.

Thanks, I have been trying it without any wrap and trying to make subtle adjustments till it fits right.  That has been interesting.  It is a great little bow with a bit of power behind it.

That is interesting.  The wrap that comes with the SMG is a bit different in style and not sure that would work as well.

Indeed, quite a few Korean bows don't come with that wrap type in the video.  Which should have been painfully obvious based on how the question was asked in the first place.

I'd toss that weird pimply rubber grip that comes with the bow. Just get a nice piece of thick suede and glue wrap it unto your grip

What? In what way is a dish washing pad more traditional than a leather, rayskin or jute wrap?

Anyway you don't know what grip material we're talking about, the SMG comes with a hard plastic/rubber with dimples on it that isn't comfortable or easy to wrap the grip with.

Something to keep in mind here: These bows that SMG and others make with bamboo, carbon and horn lamination combination are not in of themselves purely 'traditional bows' in make.  Obviously.  They use modern materials and construction methods in a means to create something that carries on in the spirit of tradition but also practicality as today's space age materials provide.  But even modern grip material will appear on the 'true' horn composites:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/TRADITIONAL-KOR … SwA4dWG2E0

So the OP should feel free to try whatever is desired based on time, material available, comfort and overall practicality.  A myriad of suggestions and clarifications have been made so OP has a good base to go by now.

Confusion seems to be setting in early this year. Let me be clear. The SMG comes with a grip. A traditional grip. It's called a jum-tong. It's what the bow is born with.
The SMG also comes with a grey wrapping the use of which is referred to in the video. Watch, please: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0a0fcgXfTBA
This is a personal choice, I guess, although I must say find it odd that it is identical to a material sold here in skiing crazy Norway to sand down your skis. Identical.
Now, my point is, why put anything onto the traditional grip. But I repeat myself.

Yeah, as I thought, the confusion is on your end. Like basilisk120 and myself have tried to tell you, that's not the grip that normally comes with SMG. Gungsulwon probably swapped it out for their grip wrap in your order.

The one that comes with the SMG is a hard plastic/rubber one, that looks like this:

It's quite ugly, not very comfortable, and too stiff to wrap around a grip easily.

All my SMG bows came with a blue foam grip (well, one was black) and the rubber strips. For 2 years I refused to use the rubber strips because I found them uncomfortable. I tried tennis grips, and different types of leather.  But, when I had to shoot in the rain for a day I realized that grip is important. Now I use only those grips and really like them.

The rubber stripes are usually about 1 to 1.5cm wide. If the strip is wider, then look careful on the back side, as it was precut and you can just pull it apart. In the photo above there are 3 black ones for example - you can clearly see the lines. One strip is enough for one grip. I use super glue to glue it.

The foam grip can be shaped with a knife. Cut it a bit smaller, so that with the grip wrap applied, it fits your hand. If you cut too much, you could always find some harder rubber piece to glue back. With the wrap on, when you grip the bow, you should have about one finger width space between the tips of your 3 lower fingers and the base of your palm. To test the wrap, apply glue just at the ends of the strip. If you're happy, undo one end, unwrap and then re-wrap by applying glue all the way.

If you want to use natural materials, you could try stingray skin.

For handle shape, I prefer the back side of the bow in the middle and the belly side of the bottom one in the picture below:

For gripping techniques, look here:
http://www.koreanarchery.org/punbb/viewtopic.php?id=231

Try this at 1:19 .. pretty good video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-L2m0U5pxr0