Give a suggest to increase the friction bewteen the glove and handle

[Wanda]

My handle is too slip, I am designing to increase the friction bewteen them. Please give a suggest to improve it, buy a new stricky glove or add something on the grip...

[Chafunkta]

Spray the grip with Rhinoliner. Although I'm not really sure why you want your grip that rough. You should not hold your grip tightly at all. That would hinder your fingers from controlling the weapon. Like my coach says, you want to, "hold it like a little bird," and I don't know of any birds that feel like Rhinoliner.

[JayhawkPawn]

Where is it slipping? Is your thumb too small (or large!) and sliding off the top and you're having control issues? Are you unable to hold it properly with your middle through pinky fingers? What type of grip do you use? Also, hockey tape won't affect the conductivity either way, so you can use that to add stickyness to your grip, just be sure to buy white hockey tape, black will rub off on your glove.

[esskreemr]

Depends on what type of grip you have. French grips can be rewrapped with pretty much any grip tape available for raquets, bats, hockey sticks, etc. If you have a pistol grip you could get some rubber dip to treat it with.

A more temporary solution would be a tackey overwrap available at just about any sports store. It's cheap and easily reversible:
http://www.atssports.com/Tennis.cfm?...Manufacturer=0

[HDG]

How about some new grips? Check out the "ultra grip" viscontis, belgians and Golubitsky-pro here. I use their medium visconti, their grippynes (is that a word?) helps me to not grasp them too tightly b/c I'm not worried about slipping.

[CvilleFencer]

In addition to the excellant comment above (LP grips, Rhinoliner or some other crinkly adhesive/paint, baseball/tennis tape) I would suggest that you try some skateboard grip tape. This stuff is all the rage with tactical knives and firearms to improve traction at key contact points. You can find it at any skateboard store or on the internet, like from here and just cut it to fit the areas of your grip where you need traction and stick it on. It stays stuck ver well and works for French or Pistol grips.

[D+F+P=Hadouken!]

Me, I'd use friction tape. You can get it at a hardware store.

[Mr Epee]

My handle is too slip, I am designing to increase the friction bewteen them. Please give a suggest to improve it, buy a new stricky glove or add something on the grip...

Use a clean rag to wipe the KY jelly off your hand/glove before fencing. J/K

Seriously, I suggest you purchase one of the modern design Zivkovic grips.

No other grip will enable you to master the Deathgrip with such relative ease.

While I promise that your long-term fencing will suffer, at least you won't be losing because the weapon is slipping out of your hand.

[Purple Fencer]

Just remember that if it's a pistol grip on an epee you canNOT tape it because the tape might hide a switch.

[Bran]

Use a clean rag to wipe the KY jelly off your hand/glove before fencing. J/K

Seriously, I suggest you purchase one of the modern design Zivkovic grips.

No other grip will enable you to master the Deathgrip with such relative ease.

While I promise that your long-term fencing will suffer, at least you won't be losing because the weapon is slipping out of your hand.

Wow. Another unwarranted attack on Zivkovic handles. Just like here:

http://www.fencing.net/forums/water-cooler/t19282.html

Hmmm... how about you move on? Think you can do that?

[HDG]

Just remember that if it's a pistol grip on an epee you canNOT tape it because the tape might hide a switch.

And grippy surfaces may interfere with the grounding of your grip and make hits to your grip give a light... For foil, though I second the idea of skateboard grip tape as an aftermarket fix.

[Mr Epee]

Wow. Another unwarranted attack on Zivkovic handles. Just like here:

http://www.fencing.net/forums/water-cooler/t19282.html

Hmmm... how about you move on? Think you can do that?

I don't have any idea what you are talking about.
I encourage someone to buy your product, and this is the thanks I get?

Gee whiz.... some people just don't understand good business.

[D+F+P=Hadouken!]

Or just the possibility that zivkovic grips suck.....

[Bran]

I don't have any idea what you are talking about.
I encourage someone to buy your product, and this is the thanks I get?

Gee whiz.... some people just don't understand good business.

Now I'm thinking your obsession is really masking tacit approval of the grips.

[Bran]

Or just the possibility that zivkovic grips suck.....

And your fencing........?

[D+F+P=Hadouken!]

And your fencing........?

Is pretty good.

[JayhawkPawn]

I just think Bran wants us off his lawn.

[HDG]

Opinions on Zivkovic grips really have nothing to do with poor Wanda's question; the point is to find a grip or treatment for her grips that will assist in holding it without a deathgrip.

[The Mormegil]

Well, while Bran is on here i do have a question. I've got K grips, love'm to death, however, most gloves slip with the coating that's on them. The one the that didn't was make by Santelli, the deer skin gloves. but no more santelli. any recommendations. i know uhlmann has the gripstar, but the sticky stuff comes off. any suggestions?

[EPEEDAD]

Two things come to mind-

1. Does your glove fit well, maybe tool loose, maybe a little slick from wear, try removing the slick area with steel wool?

2. Consider a quality cork bicycle handlebar tape wrap...Cinelli would be my choice, also comes in colors. has a little inherrent grip, not too thick and wears very well. It has a thin adhesive strip but you need to secure the ends with a electrical tape..that come in colors also at Lowe's/Home Depot..etc.

Pine tree sap works too.