Wrapping bars with Dia Compe bar-end brake levers

You can install the tape without any tucking:
http://www.parktool.com/blog/repair-help/handlebar-tape-installation-drop-bar

"An alternative to overlapping the tape at the end of the bar is to first install the bar plug. Next, cut a taper at the end of tape. This allows the tape a smooth and even beginning, rather than a lump from the extra tape."

That's sort of what I was trying to say, but you put it so much better, and a picture is worth a 1000 words ......