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Title: Looking for Picture of SOW Belly Kodiak 1957-58' & NON Sow Belly.
Post by: Tom Phillips on August 03, 2010, 09:28:00 PM

Was if anyone can show picture to see the difference between SOW Belly 1958' KODIAK & NON SOW Belly ? Was the Sow Belly just on 58' Kodiaks or did it include 1957' Kodiaks as well.

                    Thanks

Title: Re: Looking for Picture of SOW Belly Kodiak 1957-58' & NON Sow Belly.
Post by: reddogge on August 03, 2010, 11:15:00 PM

Tom,
The early '58s were identical to the '57 with the exception of the white glass.  Then they changed desings early in '58 to the sow belly where the belly of the riser curved towards the shooter instead of away from the shooter as in the '57.

Rich

Title: Re: Looking for Picture of SOW Belly Kodiak 1957-58' & NON Sow Belly.
Post by: d. ward on August 04, 2010, 12:34:00 PM

diablo I saw your sow belly at Denton you had a beer in your hand looking for free lunch ??????? bd   (http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii175/bowdocsarchery/sow011.jpg)

Title: Re: Looking for Picture of SOW Belly Kodiak 1957-58' & NON Sow Belly.
Post by: Tom Phillips on August 04, 2010, 02:32:00 PM

Thanks BD

Title: Re: Looking for Picture of SOW Belly Kodiak 1957-58' & NON Sow Belly.
Post by: 2treks on August 17, 2010, 06:25:00 PM

TTT for Kenny

Title: Re: Looking for Picture of SOW Belly Kodiak 1957-58' & NON Sow Belly.
Post by: 4runr on August 17, 2010, 06:39:00 PM

Thanks Chuck.

Yes my '59 KS is a sowbelly.

Title: Re: Looking for Picture of SOW Belly Kodiak 1957-58' & NON Sow Belly.
Post by: 2treks on August 18, 2010, 07:22:00 AM

'59 or '58 Kenny?

Title: Re: Looking for Picture of SOW Belly Kodiak 1957-58' & NON Sow Belly.
Post by: C Kerley on August 18, 2010, 02:11:00 PM

I have a question to add to this...on the picture above, the top bow has a little dot on the top stripe.  What is that?

I just came across a '57 or '58 and it has a really small hole in that exact same spot.

So this would be a '58 "non" sowbelly, correct?
 (http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x77/bo-huntr/sss001.jpg)

Title: Re: Looking for Picture of SOW Belly Kodiak 1957-58' & NON Sow Belly.
Post by: 4runr on August 18, 2010, 05:01:00 PM

'58 Chuck, sorry.

Carlos, that spot is where the Maple lams are spliced.

I believe yours is non.

Title: Re: Looking for Picture of SOW Belly Kodiak 1957-58' & NON Sow Belly.
Post by: C Kerley on August 18, 2010, 09:27:00 PM

By spliced you mean the top lam meets the bottom one?

Title: Re: Looking for Picture of SOW Belly Kodiak 1957-58' & NON Sow Belly.
Post by: Hud on August 21, 2010, 07:15:00 PM

Yes yours is a 57 if it has the dark brown glass.
Most if not all the early bows were spliced under the handle. When they came out with the 59 model and it did not have the leather, they went to a single lamination.