John4cars Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 Well after two weeks off after thrashing my palms during my first overhand bending at Ben's I went to Tandy leather and bought some leather. My hands have healed up relatively well. I broke out the 8 twist timer ties and crushed them in about 20 to 30 seconds. I felt good to be bending again. I do have some comments though. I don't know if I bought to thin or soft of leather but when I was bending it was uncomfortable as crud and I could feel the nail head and tip pushing into my hand. I will need to have Ben check it out in person to see if it is leather or if it is the person wrapping the leather. I attempted to bend a 60d and felt like I was bending a tire iron! I couldn't get much force on it because I couldn't stop focusing on the pain in my hands and worrying about tearing through the leather. I know that to get everything out of bending you have to give it 110% but I also don't want to injure myself. I will try it again soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David_wigren Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 Sounds like the pads might be to thin. At first that was the only leather I could get myself localy and thought everyone was weird prefering leather over ironmind pads. But now I get my leather from John at FBBC. Much better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big nasty Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 John I use suede 3 to 4 once to wrap the steel and 5 to 6 once to wrap that. I learned from Scott Harris he is the wrap KING get with him he will give the tip's you need. And the great thing is you know were he live's !!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bencrush Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 Yeah, it just sounds like the leather is too thin John. What is the diameter of the pads when wrapped around a 60D? I'd guess 1" or less if it's painful. Probably 3/4". You did good not pushing through pain like that. A nail poking through and saying hello is not a good thing! Glad to hear you're back at it buddy! Jason's right. Scott Harris is the best bar wrapper I've ever seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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