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Main Boards => Trad History/Collecting => Topic started by: TBinMN on November 24, 2008, 03:38:00 PM
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Hello,
I'd like to ask for some feedback on this bow I bought a week or so back on the auction site. It appears to be a '62 Kodiak but I'm not so hot at telling the 60-62 bows apart yet.
I have not received it yet but from the pictures posted on the auction - shown below it looks to be in decent shape.
Any info or opinions on the bow would be greatly appreciated!
Oh, I have to brag as my son Troy shot his first deer ever a few days ago - decent 8pt. Shot him with a '59 Grizzley at about 12 yards. It was the most excitement I've had since I shot my first deer back in 1971 :)
(http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm3/longbow007/Kodiak1962.jpg)
Thanks,
Terry Beaudoin
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Yep I'd say it's a 62. There shooters too. CONGRATS
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I'd call it a 1962 model as well. Shoot straight!
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Thanks for the info guys. Any suggestions on what I could do to clean up the coin a bit? Were the coins in the 62's originally pewter? Or is the black color flaking away and what it should have been all over the coin?
TBinMN
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Nice bow the coin was black in that model as the bows clear finish would not stick to the pewter,so they painted em flat black then sprayed a little finish over the whole bow.bowdoc
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Bowdoc,
Any suggestion on what flat black paint and clear coat to use on the coin?
Also, outside of stripping off the entire finish - is there a way to 'blend' the finish coat in a way the would make the areas of the bow that are duller or in the case of this bow - brighter - as there appears to be an area just above the bows weight and serial number where there may have been a label or something that kept that part from aging like the surrounding areas.
Thanks - I sure appreciate your help.
TB