hookemhorns
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i want to save money and do my own grips but I’m worried about cutting my shafts. Especially woods. Is this possible or likely?
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i want to save money and do my own grips but I’m worried about cutting my shafts. Especially woods. Is this possible or likely?
Sure can. Hook blades, or safety blades, will help prevent it for the most part. It can still happen, so be a little on the lighter side of applying pressure to avoid it from happening as much as possible!
Depends how deep I wouldn’t risk it but the shafts sometimes have a clear coat, with the j-hook you can cut holding the knife 90 degrees to down to avoid any accidents if you’re too worried.Is a little nick a fatal flaw to a graphite wood shaft. I think I can be careful w the j hook
... and even easier if the grip was installed with shot, too.When removing I use air to avoid this. It may not be an option for all, but for me, removing it's easy and quick.
I use the hook blade. To be honest you’d have to be a ••••• to damage the shaft. It’s pretty easy. Best advice I can give is let the blade flow as it wants.i want to save money and do my own grips but I’m worried about cutting my shafts. Especially woods. Is this possible or likely?
Buy a hook blade and you won’t touch the shaft.i want to save money and do my own grips but I’m worried about cutting my shafts. Especially woods. Is this possible or likely?
Graphite or steel shafts? To deep on graphite in the grip runs the risk of failure when transitional force is applied to the shaft at the butt end could splinter or prematurely fail.I guess some are way more careful than I am. I simply cut into the grip slowly with a utility knife until I get it loosened up enough to just pull it off. Then just scrape off the old tape with a utility knife. I am careful at the bottom of the grip due to cosmetics, but if I make a small knick above that I really don’t care cause I’ll never see it once I put the new grip on.