05 Apr 2008 10:24:41

Gunde

Looking for one Swix cork handle

I recently left the cork portion of my pole handle on the Birken trail. If you have recently suffered a broken pole or just have an extra Swix cork handle laying around, I would like to buy it. As an alternative, I still have the functional plastic portion of the grip. What could I place in the hand-hold portion of the handle to fill it like the cork? Thanks for your help

08 Apr 2008 17:10:20

Camilo

Re: Looking for one Swix cork handle

On Apr 5, 9:24 am, Gunde <gjtra...@yahoo.com > wrote: > I recently left the cork portion of my pole handle on the Birken > trail. If you have recently suffered a broken pole or just have an > extra Swix cork handle laying around, I would like to buy it. > > As an alternative, I still have the functional plastic portion of the > grip. What could I place in the hand-hold portion of the handle to > fill it like the cork? > > Thanks for your help I feel your pain! I've lost the cork portion of swix grips more than once, but luckily stopped and picked up the pieces both times. My daughter wasn't so smart/lucky and lost the cork on hers. There is no alternative that I have found to buying a new grip. That's unfortunate because they are absurdly expensive. I tried to fashion a replacement piece of cork for my daughter's from a sheet of cork material I have in the garage (gasket material). It wouldn't work because the cork on the grip is actually sculpted or molded to a varying thickness. You might be able to cobble something together if you're more clever than I am.

08 Apr 2008 20:47:59

Re: Looking for one Swix cork handle

No solace, but Swix cork grips are typically made with two seams, which apparently is why they are so flimsy. Camilo <campascual@yahoo.com > wrote: > On Apr 5, 9:24 am, Gunde <gjtra...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > I recently left the cork portion of my pole handle on the Birken > > trail. If you have recently suffered a broken pole or just have an > > extra Swix cork handle laying around, I would like to buy it. > > > > As an alternative, I still have the functional plastic portion of the > > grip. What could I place in the hand-hold portion of the handle to > > fill it like the cork? > > > > Thanks for your help > > I feel your pain! I've lost the cork portion of swix grips more than > once, but luckily stopped and picked up the pieces both times. My > daughter wasn't so smart/lucky and lost the cork on hers. There is no > alternative that I have found to buying a new grip. That's > unfortunate because they are absurdly expensive. > > I tried to fashion a replacement piece of cork for my daughter's from > a sheet of cork material I have in the garage (gasket material). It > wouldn't work because the cork on the grip is actually sculpted or > molded to a varying thickness. You might be able to cobble something > together if you're more clever than I am.

09 Apr 2008 08:10:26

Terje Mathisen

Re: Looking for one Swix cork handle

Camilo wrote: > I tried to fashion a replacement piece of cork for my daughter's from > a sheet of cork material I have in the garage (gasket material). It > wouldn't work because the cork on the grip is actually sculpted or > molded to a varying thickness. You might be able to cobble something > together if you're more clever than I am. I did this as a temporary measure, by first taping a set of thin strips of weed to the bare pole, then wrapping the result in the cork sheet. Since the strips were placed to equal the extra thickness of the grip (front/back), the final grip did work for some weeks until I could replace it. (With a grip from a broken pole, afair) Terje -- - <Terje.Mathisen@hda.hydro.com > "almost all programming can be viewed as an exercise in caching"

11 Apr 2008 14:38:17

Camilo

Re: Looking for one Swix cork handle

On Apr 8, 5:47=A0pm, ro...@invalid.net wrote: > No solace, but Swix cork grips are typically made with two seams, which > apparently is why they are so flimsy. =A0 > > > > Camilo <campasc...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > On Apr 5, 9:24 am, Gunde <gjtra...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > I recently left the cork portion of my pole handle on the Birken > > > trail. If you have recently suffered a broken pole or just have an > > > extra Swix cork handle laying around, I would like to buy it. > > > > As an alternative, I still have the functional plastic portion of the > > > grip. What could I place in the hand-hold portion of the handle to > > > fill it like the cork? > > > > Thanks for your help > > > I feel your pain! =A0I've lost the cork portion of swix grips more than > > once, but luckily stopped and picked up the pieces both times. =A0My > > daughter wasn't so smart/lucky and lost the cork on hers. =A0There is no= > > alternative that I have found to buying a new grip. =A0That's > > unfortunate because they are absurdly expensive. > > > I tried to fashion a replacement piece of cork for my daughter's from > > a sheet of cork material I have in the garage (gasket material). =A0It > > wouldn't work because the cork on the grip is actually sculpted or > > molded to a varying thickness. You might be able to cobble something > > together if you're more clever than I am.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - I now use a hot glue gun and squeeze glue into every (EVERY) seam on the swix cork grips. I also work at them to expose any looseness and squeeze glue wherever I can get some in. Since then, I haven't had any problems with cork coming off. It looks fine also.

11 Apr 2008 22:36:14

John Forrest Tomlinson

Re: Looking for one Swix cork handle

On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:38:17 -0700 (PDT), Camilo <campascual@yahoo.com > wrote: >I now use a hot glue gun and squeeze glue into every (EVERY) seam on >the swix cork grips. I also work at them to expose any looseness and >squeeze glue wherever I can get some in. Since then, I haven't had >any problems with cork coming off. It looks fine also. Cool idea - will try.

11 Apr 2008 19:48:15

Norski

Re: Looking for one Swix cork handle

also, avoid twisting the grip when trying to remove it to cut the shaft shorter. As others have noted, the plastic sleeve under the cork is slotted and it is light weight but easy to twist, which helps split the cork at the seams. To remove the Swix cork grips, I'll first remove the strap (which can be damaged from too much heat). Wrap the cork with the blue painters tape (to hold the cork in place), then use a heat gun. If the grip doesn't come straight off, I'll heat it some more, till it does without twisting. I too bought a mini hot melt glue gun at the local hardware store for about $5 and have added more glue to the seams on the cork. (skiing is still excellent here in northern Wisconsin.....) -- Paul Haltvick Bay Design and Build - LLC Engineering, Construction and Information Technology Services FSx Midwest - Fischer / Swix Racing "John Forrest Tomlinson" <usenetremove@jt10000.com > wrote in message news:tupvv35m6f7m0d2bpbhvkkuu3mkakikjb4@4ax.com... > On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:38:17 -0700 (PDT), Camilo > <campascual@yahoo.com> wrote: > > >I now use a hot glue gun and squeeze glue into every (EVERY) seam on > >the swix cork grips. I also work at them to expose any looseness and > >squeeze glue wherever I can get some in. Since then, I haven't had > >any problems with cork coming off. It looks fine also. > > Cool idea - will try. >