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Main Boards => Trad History/Collecting => Topic started by: shamus on March 19, 2009, 08:04:00 AM
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my "new" bow.
I was even able to find a golden conqueror ad from the same year (1961 outdoor life magazine)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Gs1SWWY8pDY/ScBe7HyRsYI/AAAAAAAAB54/aJLKFDi5R6k/s400/Picture+208.jpg)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Gs1SWWY8pDY/ScIqhRsbTAI/AAAAAAAAB6I/XgZ-J6WhmYo/s400/f+gc+riser+views3.JPG)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Gs1SWWY8pDY/ScBJfNXTBBI/AAAAAAAAB5I/0gCP6vMpVAM/s400/f+gc+tip.jpg)
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I like the long, narrow, medium/low-wrist grip. It fits the very hand nicely.
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WOW!!!! Look at that incredible sight window. SWEET:thumbsup:
Trap
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:thumbsup: That is a beauty!!!
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the riser appears to be rosewood. the whitish colored wood I'm not sure of. Opinions?
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hell yeah thats what I talken bout.Good looking bow..bowdoc
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Beautiful! It looks like the sister to mine! What are the specs on it? Mine has the butcher-block treatment in the sight window. It's 43@28".
CKruse
(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b120/cdkruse/100_1706.jpg)
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CK, Yes, I would say mine is very closely related to yours. :)
Specs: 62” long, 43#28”, No. 1006.
What amazes me is this bow retailed for $49.95 in 1961. That’s about $345 in 2007 dollars.
Can you get a bow like this for $345 today? Nope.
I miss ol’ Ben.
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wow good looking bows guys.
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Stunning and in mint condition too.
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It wasn’t quite mint. The finish was fine on the riser, but it had blistered on the limbs in a few spots (especially at the mid-limb area where it had crackled a bit). I sanded the those areas smooth and applied 4 coats of satin minwax helmsman spar urethane over the entire bow.
Once it cures in a week or so, I’ll apply a velcro rest and strike plate…and then take it out to the range.
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Flat out beautiful!
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dang I had to come back and look one more time those are so beautiful.That Brazilian rosewood has got to be about one of the best looking woods ever used in a bow.Those are some hot looken bows there guy's...bowdoc
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Mine is serial number 6-1506, what's yours? CKruse
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sweet! :thumbsup:
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Here's a Kissin cousin to those, I think.
Herters?
(http://i618.photobucket.com/albums/tt264/lbel5/bowpics2-15-09151.jpg)
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Wish I could fine me Lefty Herters in 64 or 60 inches or4 ben pearson in LEFTY!!! marco
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Mine is serial number 6-1506, what's yours? CKruse
it's 6-three hundred something, so I think mine was made a little earlier than your but the same year, obviously.
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Here's a Kissin cousin to those, I think.
Herters?
I would say that looks like a Pearson conqueror, but the handle has been reshaped and checkered.
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I got that off the bay,unmarked, beater bow.
refinished it a while back.
We played the guessing game here and thought Herters CV.
But they do look a lot closer than cousins
1961 Golden Conqueror it is.
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The CVs had a deflex handle, either 17 or 22 degrees of reflex. With that in mind, I'd put good money that your bow is a modified Golden Conqueror.
CV,, by the way, stood for "Custom Velocity".
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I took her out to the range last week.
the bow shot quietly..just a low *thrum* after the shot. The slim grip feels better in the hand than the Pearson Cougar. The bow is not a rocket, but I was shooting heavy ash shafts.
I took a full draw pic at home:
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Gs1SWWY8pDY/ScarQcyd9WI/AAAAAAAAB7A/fAs_8VVWJs0/s400/gc+full+draw.jpg)
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I always noticed that the strung profile of mine was very reminiscent of Jack Howard's original Gamemaster. It makes me wonder if Pearson was trying to duplicate the performance of what was then a very high-end custom bow. I'm sick as a dog today, and it's raining outside, but maybe when conditions dictate I'll get a picture of the two side by side so you can see what I'm looking at. The length difference is obvious, but the strung profile is really similar. CKruse
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ckruse, feeling better? I'd like to see that picture of the gamemaster
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I'll see what I can do, and yes thanks, I'm back among the living! CKruse