Trad Gang
Main Boards => Trad History/Collecting => Topic started by: warpedarrow on October 21, 2014, 07:58:00 AM
-
The 1957 Kodiak Special arrived yesterday. Excellent condition for any bow and especially for a 57 year old one.
One of the micarta tip overlays is missing so I will retip the bow. The remaing overlay is a combination of brown, red, and white material. It has five or six layers. This stuff is thin! The red is not much thicker than a fingernail.
Does anyone know where I might find some material that is thin? The stuff that the bow building suppliers sell is way too thick for this job.
-
Sometimes the free samples of countertop materials at the home improvement stores can be used. Lots of colors and materials available free.
-
.030 core tuff maybe someone has some scraps
-
I never thought about countertop laminate. I thought that the color was surface only on that stuff. At least the pieces of it that I have seen that were broken had an ugly brown base to them.
I will see about getting some information about the thin core tuff.
-
Hello I used heavy construction paper and epoxy
tho I did not quite get the color correct.
But the layered effect came through pretty good.
(http://i1373.photobucket.com/albums/ag392/packanimal1/tips_zpsb0a65152.jpg) (http://s1373.photobucket.com/user/packanimal1/media/tips_zpsb0a65152.jpg.html)
-
The one on the left is the new one I created. The tip on the right is from another bow
-
Few years ago, I had a 1956 that I ended up giving to Stickshooter's wife, Shell. It was missing a tip overlay, and searching around here, I found out the original tip overlays were made of carboard.
She was going to get the bow refinished by BowDoc, last I heard.....
-
unless you want it circa its best to use glass of some kind for durability-like glass tipping a 59 kodiak
-
I started doing some research on knife scales which are very similar to micarta. It looks pretty easy to make so I will play with it a bit. Construction paper, linen, and other things can be used to make it.
I will go with paper on this bow because it is so nice already that I don't want any "customizing" done to it. The beat up old 59 that I restored got fiberglass tips put on it.