Leather wrap to hide the ugly truth

[Littlef]

So,  I have a replica of a medieval handgonne.   It’s basically the first iteration of a handheld firearm.  The term literally means hand cannon.  We were firing it using a linstock, which is a pole that holds a slow burning piece of rope.    It was really windy.  When we were done shooting, the match didn’t get fully extinguished.  The constant 15-20mph winds stoked the match, and it sat there and smoldered against the linstock, and burned about a 30% percent the way through it.   To fix it, I took my chisels, and cut the burned section out in a squared off channel.   I glued in a new patch of wood, and reshaped it back to match the handle.  I sanded off as much of the burned wood as I could without changing the shape of the handle, and then I put a leather wrap around it, and baseball stitched the seam.  Looks good as new.  Back in business.  

Edited 16 hours ago by Littlef

[AlZilla]

Looks better with the repair!

[TonyV]

Leather makes everything better!

[Littlef]

11 hours ago, AlZilla said:

Looks better with the repair!

thanks, my friend said the same thing.  Happy little accidents

[Littlef]

12 hours ago, TonyV said:

Leather makes everything better!

Absolutely!