Old handles

Tack is a test, nostalgia is not

If the leather still grabs a dry palm in January, we will recore it. If it shines like a penny, it is furniture.

Capitol lawyers love a grip that “still has stories.” Stories do not hold a club in frost. Priya bends the leather. If it whites at the fold, it is done. If it stays brown and grabs, Len pulls the old tape, checks for rust at the butt, and builds to the new 64ths — which may not match the 64ths from 2016, because the palm aged too.

Rubber remnants are simpler. Once they dust on the fingers, they are a bag hazard. We throw them in a bin that is not romantic.