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Main Boards => Trad History/Collecting => Topic started by: Kingstaken on March 13, 2008, 04:19:00 PM
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I just got this and there's a question as to whether under all the camo paint this is a 1970 or a 1967 K-Mag?
What is the best way to remove paint. LQQking to do my first refinish bow.
(http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q93/Kingtaken/DSC00190.jpg)
(http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q93/Kingtaken/DSC00186.jpg)
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i asked that question a few days ago, and they told me to use nail polish remover and it worked great and the bow looks great
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It is either a 65 or a 67 1/2
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I going with 1967 1/2...one kind of riser wood.....bowdoc
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There's such a thing as a 1967 1/2?
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Interesting tidbit, the Bear catalog lists the 1967 kmag as golden rosewood and bubinga riser with brown glass, and the 1967 1/2 catalog lists the kmag as bubinga and brazilian rosewood riser with forest green glass. Those bows had a curved stripe in the riser which was nice. The 1970-1972 bows had a straight stripe. Funny, but the above pic does not look like brazilian rosewood, looks more like golden rosewood and bubinga. Should be real pretty when it is re-done.
I'm not sure why they had 2 different catalogs in 1967, I think it had something to do with the super kodiak coming out too late in 1967 to be in the first catalog.
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:banghead:
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Jim no problem....
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If you're planning on going the nail polish remover route, you're better off going to the hardware store and getting a jug of acetone. Most nail polish removes have nail hardeners in them that would remain on the bow after you've cleaned off the paint.
She's gonna be a looker when you've got her cleaned up!
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Yes the acetone works great with a scotchbrite pad.Be careful not to scrub of the silk screens..But I would also like to add one note to be careful...not get acetone or finger nail polish remover onto exposed wood,like the edges of the limbs were the finish can sometimes be chipped...Acetone and NPR are wet i.e moisture and will sometimes,not all the time.Soak up and little acetone or NPR into the corewood and cause the corewood to swell up a bit and losen the glue line....Just take your time and you will be fine.bowdoc
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Thanks, I will pick up some acetone.
So Doc and Jeff, is it safe to say it's not a 1965 or a 1970 but is a 1967(1/2)?
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Uh huh..............bowdoc
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:biglaugh: :biglaugh: :biglaugh:
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Spent some time cleaning today. Acetone may work, but that green paint the guy used takes foever..
Here are some pictures.
Can anyone confirm the year of this as 1967 1/2?
There is a spot where the clear is gone. How should I prep it and what shoudl I use to recoat the bow?
(http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q93/Kingtaken/P1010005.jpg)
(http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q93/Kingtaken/P1010008.jpg)
(http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q93/Kingtaken/P1010006-1-1.jpg)
(http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q93/Kingtaken/P1010007-1-1.jpg)
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definetely a 67 1/2
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Jim,
Yours is a little older than mine.....
My serial # is 7U8820
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A couple of months?? LOL
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She's a looker! Nice job!!
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Wow, that came up nice!
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yap 1967 1/2 Bear Magnum...pretty neat.great shooter as well....bowdoc
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Still have the face for the upper and lower limbs to do, a smear of green at thre grip and clean up the tips but she does lQQk nice.
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She's a looker!! :D
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another diamond in the rough :thumbsup: Trap
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Right above the site window the glass is down to the fiberglass as pictured here.
(http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q93/Kingtaken/DSC00188.jpg)
How do I fix it and then what to recoat the bow with?
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Oh yeah,your gonna love that one...I kinda wish the one I have were a little lighter draw weight.It scales 61# and is a bit much for everyday shooting..But they are great shooters for what they are disigned for....bowdoc
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I was thinking what Horney Toad said.I had a 1967 1/2 once and I remember it having a curved stripe through the riser.This one appears to be straight so I would say it's NOT a 1967 1/2.
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John & Toad,are we all still looking at the same pics???..The bow in the pics is a 1967 1/2 mag curved stripe and green fiberglass?? It that the one??? Here's a pic of the one out of my collection...keep me posted,bowdoc (http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii175/bowdocsarchery/67mag001.jpg)
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1967, or 1967 1/2, both curved stripes. The only straight striped ones are 1970-1972.
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Yes you are correct.But there are really no 1967 Kodiaks or 1967 Kodiak Magnums.If you would note in your 1967 catalog.The Kodiak and Kodiak mag has the brown riser overlay on top rather then white (white on top is 1966,brown on top is 1967)Which there are no 1967 Kodiaks or 1967 Kodiak mags with the brown top overlays..There is not one in the P&Y museum.There is not one in Al Readers collection..There are none in captivity.Production on the Kodiak of course we all know stopped in 1966.Here's a pic of a brown glass 1966 mag and a green glass 1967 1/2 mag...bowdoc (http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii175/bowdocsarchery/6766001.jpg)
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Very nice bows Don! :thumbsup:
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