Quote Originally Posted by Bass_Bug View Post
That's pretty much what the rod manufactures use to bind up the CF scrim before baking the raw blanks on the mandrels.

I think surgically replacing just a couple a of the cork rings looks like it might be the best way for a small damaged area of cork. More than a few rings worth, might be a different story however.
Tom Kirkman did an article ( or articles??) a few years back about what you suggest. Cutting out a portion of a grip...taking new rings and cutting then in half and then gluing the halves back together on the black in the spot where some cork had been removed. If one has access to a lathe you then chuck it up and turn ( sand) the new rings to the proper shape