Originally Posted by
Grand Bois
People will tell you that you can't tuck cloth tape into the bars if you're using Barcons. Maybe they can't, but I can and I've done it more than once. You just have to tuck smoothly and maybe help the Barcons in with a couple of taps with a soft hammer.
+1 I like to wrap top down for a clean look with shellaced cloth; tuck in bar end before inserting the barcon. Do people really say this doesn't work?
