Grip tape for handle

A method of making a grip tape for a handle from an elongate strip of material;

• the strip having a generally planar top, a bottom, a left side, a left portion adjacent the left side, a right side, a right portion adjacent the right side and a center portion;
• said method comprising the steps of:
• densifying through pressure from above the right portion material such that the right portion has a top below the top of the center portion;
• densifying through pressure from above the left portion material such that the left portion has a top below the top of the center portion;
• beveling the bottom under the right portion;
• and
• beveling the bottom under the left portion.

In combination:

• a handle;
• and
• a grip overlying said handle comprising:
• an elongate tape having a top, a bottom, a left side and a right side;
• said tape in lateral cross section including:
• a central portion having a thickness and a top;
• a right densified portion lateral said central portion and adjacent said right side;
• said material of said right densified portion being denser than said material of said central portion;
• said right densified portion having a top below said top of said central portion and having a beveled bottom;
• and
• a left densified portion lateral said central portion and adjacent said left side;
• said material of said left densified portion being denser than said material of said central portion;
• said left densified portion having a top below said top of said central portion and having a beveled bottom;
• said tape spiral wrapped around said handle such that said right side overlies said top of said left densified portion of the previous turn.