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Title: Check out this yard sale find..WOW!
Post by: Mike Shaw on June 27, 2008, 06:38:00 PM

Found this Drake at a yard sale last Saturday..  :)  The sucker is near mint, only a couple of scratches. How do I find the year and model name? The decal just reads Drake.  Man.. you talk about a bow that will give you a "Bowner"  (http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn42/bearkeeper/drake1.jpg)

Title: Re: Check out this yard sale find..WOW!
Post by: Mike Shaw on June 27, 2008, 06:39:00 PM

(http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn42/bearkeeper/drake2.jpg)

Title: Re: Check out this yard sale find..WOW!
Post by: ckruse on June 27, 2008, 06:57:00 PM

Beautiful!   :clapper:

Title: Re: Check out this yard sale find..WOW!
Post by: yellow bow on June 27, 2008, 07:11:00 PM

wow! thats that sure was a great find.congrats!
don't forget to let us know how she shoots.

Title: Re: Check out this yard sale find..WOW!
Post by: horatio1226 on June 27, 2008, 09:08:00 PM

WOW! That's a beauty!!!

Title: Re: Check out this yard sale find..WOW!
Post by: TRAP on June 27, 2008, 09:16:00 PM

OH MY !!!!!!!

 Way to go Mike   :thumbsup:  

Is that an original feather rest?

Trap

Title: Re: Check out this yard sale find..WOW!
Post by: Mike Shaw on June 27, 2008, 09:32:00 PM

I was waiting for you to ask..That is one of yours.
It just tops off the the looks of the bow.
   
    Thanks Mike

Title: Re: Check out this yard sale find..WOW!
Post by: MJB on June 27, 2008, 09:38:00 PM

OUTSTANDING CONGRATS  :knothead:    :banghead:

Title: Re: Check out this yard sale find..WOW!
Post by: TRAP on June 27, 2008, 09:43:00 PM

I actually didnt even notice it the first time I looked at the bow.  I was too busy looking at laminations and the way those limbs hook.  I bet that bow is pretty quick.

I went back to see what color rest I should send you and that's when I saw the bow already had one.

I think burnt orange would really look good.  

Thats a heck of a find, Trap

Title: Re: Check out this yard sale find..WOW!
Post by: Horney Toad on June 28, 2008, 01:12:00 AM

That is nice. Should be a good shooter too!

Title: Re: Check out this yard sale find..WOW!
Post by: d. ward on June 28, 2008, 06:34:00 AM

Hi Mike nice bow,I believe that is a little later model that was actually built by Fasco after Harry stopped building them himself...somwhere mid 1960's....great shooters as well as a great looker....nice bow.....bowdoc

Title: Re: Check out this yard sale find..WOW!
Post by: PAPALAPIN on June 28, 2008, 09:34:00 AM

Nice

Not what I would expect to see in a Drake.  Really different.  Beautiful

Title: Re: Check out this yard sale find..WOW!
Post by: shamus on June 28, 2008, 10:42:00 AM

wow..

Title: Re: Check out this yard sale find..WOW!
Post by: flint kemper on June 28, 2008, 11:11:00 AM

WOW, what a find. Flint

Title: Re: Check out this yard sale find..WOW!
Post by: Mike Shaw on June 29, 2008, 02:30:00 PM

Thanks everyone..    :help:   Darn shame it's not a lefty. Anyone have an old catalog with the model name of this Drake?   Thanks Mike

Title: Re: Check out this yard sale find..WOW!
Post by: d. ward on July 01, 2008, 06:34:00 AM

Hi Mike that model is a Drake Hunterflight purty sweet looker........bowdoc

Title: Re: Check out this yard sale find..WOW!
Post by: Mike Shaw on July 01, 2008, 08:01:00 AM

Thanks... This one will hang with the Bears. The detail and workmanship in this bow is unreal. I may even try shooting right hand ..   :archer:

Title: Re: Check out this yard sale find..WOW!
Post by: d. ward on July 01, 2008, 10:01:00 AM

Here's a pic of a Drake Firedrake built by the old master himself....not at all as good looking as the later models....bowdoc (http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii175/bowdocsarchery/d003.jpg)

Title: Re: Check out this yard sale find..WOW!
Post by: Mike Shaw on July 01, 2008, 10:07:00 AM

Dam I must be getting old.. I look at a bow like this the way I looked at a fine woman years ago!.. The curves, the line, the feel..OH MY!!      :rolleyes:

Title: Re: Check out this yard sale find..WOW!
Post by: Jack Guard on July 02, 2008, 06:40:00 AM

Good gawd boys ....you are killin me with these pics of Drake bows...and to find it at a yard sale....my NEED list just keeps getting bigger and bigger....keepum coming.