I had meant to post this earlier, but it slipped my mind...

A very good tubular material for making grips is available, if they don't need to be all that thick. It's called Hypalon tubing, and it's marketed for fishing rod grips, in a variety of colours and ID sizes.

Available from suppliers of fishing rod building supplies - a Google using 'Hypalon grips site:au' will find local suppliers. Then of course, there are FleaBay sellers too.

Cheers,
Gadge

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