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12-03-2008 #1
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Anaconda Knob
Greeting Folks,
The leather on my Momo shift Knob was looking a little ratty, so I dipped into my leatherworking experience and replaced it with Anaconda. It involves a lot of trimming and stretching to get the pattern of the scales to look quite right, as well as the willingness to glue one's fingers together. I covered the skin mostly with Epoxy, leaving enough scale texture for gription.
When I get tired of this I am going to go with Stingray skin.
Hope you guy's and gal's dig it!
-Nick
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12-03-2008 #2
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Scary, shark skin would be cool,
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looks cool , if you clear coat it it should hold for quite a while
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thats actually really cool.
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Gription!!!!!!!!!!!!
12-04-2008 #6
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Gripafication.
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Glad you guy's like it.
Ever since my crotchety machine tool instructor said kah-nurled fur Gription it has yet to leave my vocabulary.
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kah-nurled fur gription haha that's great.
Where did you get the anaconda skin? That's pretty dang coolTrey
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oh you want grip......use cactusskin
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You can get Anaconda in a bunch if colors through most Exotic Leather dealers online. This batch was given to me by a friend.
I really want to do Ray or Sharkskin the next time around. Perhaps in Red.
It's a fine line between unique and cheesy.
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Do you think you can wrap a steering wheel with it? That would be a nice match to the shift lever.
Chris K.
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That is the goal.
Snakeskin will not have the longevity that I would like on a steering wheel. The epoxy coat on the Knob is very durable, but I perfer a more tactile feel on steering wheels.
I think Shark or Rayskin would be the material of choice for steering wheels.
It is going to be REALLY tough to do, but I think worth it.
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I read the thread title and expected something very different, and not work friendly.
I need more sleep.
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Interesting. I'm now griptified.
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