denim bar tape?

^sorry

Denim will absorb water though, surely?

It might look ok (subjectively, at best) but it doesn't strike me as a particularly smart choice for bartape.

As does cotton bar tape, no? Shellac is also water resistant isn't it

ftfy

lol

If you do it like in the first picture that dmczone posted, it might end up nice.

Most bar tape isn't actually adhesive in itself. It has double sided sticky tape, one third the width of the tape applied to the centre of the of the underside of the tape. So it would be quite easy to replicate this with your denim. The only query I have is how you would stop the edges of the denim fraying?

^The only query I have is good luck with the indigo fucking dye embedded in the skin of your hands and people asking if you wank Smurfs for coin.

I just read the title of this thread.
My answer is "NO!"

I am assuming the OP was going to use stonewashed pre-faded denim, like the jeans :-)

^the only query i have is good luck with the indigo fucking dye embedded in the skin of your hands and people asking if you wank smurfs for coin.

haha!

yeah stonewash denim. pre washed. no leaking dye... and to stop the edges fraying, i'll run a stitch down each side to make a sort of hem. if it doesn't work, it was a cheap experiment and i think would look pretty cool if it works :-)

Levi's discounts for everyone...?

What about adding some of those copper rivets, or that a silly idea ..... ?

FWIW stitching a hem is a bad idea. bar tape usually tapers towards the edges because those are the bits that overlap. If you double the thickness by hemming it, then double it again by overlapping the hems when you wrap it it'll be very ribbed.

Having said that it might be an interesting effect.

Use the selvedge edge.

Already finished and tapered.