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Old April 5th 08, 05:24 PM posted to rec.skiing.nordic
Gunde
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Default 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
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Old April 9th 08, 12:10 AM posted to rec.skiing.nordic
Camilo
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Default Looking for one Swix cork handle

On Apr 5, 9:24 am, Gunde 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.
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Old April 9th 08, 01:47 AM posted to rec.skiing.nordic
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Default 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 wrote:

On Apr 5, 9:24 am, Gunde 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.

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Old April 9th 08, 06:10 AM posted to rec.skiing.nordic
Terje Mathisen
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Default 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

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Old April 11th 08, 09:38 PM posted to rec.skiing.nordic
Camilo
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Default Looking for one Swix cork handle

On Apr 8, 5:47*pm, wrote:
No solace, but Swix cork grips are typically made with two seams, which
apparently is why they are so flimsy. *



Camilo wrote:
On Apr 5, 9:24 am, Gunde 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.- 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.
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Old April 11th 08, 10:36 PM posted to rec.skiing.nordic
John Forrest Tomlinson
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Default Looking for one Swix cork handle

On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:38:17 -0700 (PDT), Camilo
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.

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Old April 12th 08, 12:48 AM posted to rec.skiing.nordic
Norski
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Default 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.....)
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FSx Midwest - Fischer / Swix Racing

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On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:38:17 -0700 (PDT), Camilo
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.



 




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