Turning split grip into full grip

[Cisco]

Greetings everyone.

I am looking to make a full grip out of a split grip. My though is to fill the gap with some sort of tape and then apply shrink tube over the entire thing in order to make a smooth rear grip.

Has anyone done this? What would the experts suggest?

[Mattman]

Shrink tube is probably the best thing for the final covering over everything.

I think tape is probably quite heavy compared to some other "fillers" that you could use. I'd suggest buying an EVA grip. Cut it to length, ream the ID to fit the blank, slit one face, open it up and pop it on the blank. You'll probably need to do some shaving of the material to get the OD's to match.

A product like Syncork would work well. Its an expanded polystyrene product that comes like cork rings do.

For that matter, if I had a tube the OD of the grip, I'd seriously consider putting the rod inside the tube and filling the split grip with an expandable foam. Perfect marriage to the cork. Then cover with shrink tube.

[earthworm77]

I'm not rod builder like Matt......could you cut the cork rings in half provided you have the right inside diameter, fit them on and then just seal them when complete?

[IlliniDawg01]

There are lots of different ways to do it. Filling with cheap eva foam and covering with a shrink sleeve is certainly the easiest and most reversible.

I have an Omen that has a blank I love. I don't care for the guides and the split grip is a touch short and was beat up. I stripped of the guides and grips and accent rings. I bought a CFX Full Carbon Fiber grip and will be putting it on from the back.

http://www.mudhole.com/CFX-Composite-Carbon-Fiber-Grips

You just have to carefully ream it out so it will slide on the back then just coat the blank with some epoxy and slide it on and wipe away the excess. It might add a 1/4 oz to the total weight of the rod, but it is doing it in the right spot for a bottom contact setup.

DaveJ