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Main Boards => Trad History/Collecting => Topic started by: Rob DiStefano on November 06, 2015, 08:05:00 PM
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looking to gather info on this bow - year and place of origin, much obliged for any scoop!
(right click and 'view image' to see larger pic)
(http://www.tradgang.com/rob/bearpolar/bear_1.jpg)
(http://www.tradgang.com/rob/bearpolar/bear_2.jpg)
(http://www.tradgang.com/rob/bearpolar/bear_3.jpg)
(http://www.tradgang.com/rob/bearpolar/bear_4.jpg)
(http://www.tradgang.com/rob/bearpolar/bear_5.jpg)
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Yeah, this was from one of Bear's best years out of Grayling, MI.
That's a 1962 version in zebrawood which looks like a great candidate for a visit to the beauty shop for a make-over.
It was Bear's economy target bow and I believe they only made it in 66" and usually in lighter weights like yours.
I think every model made that year was extra special. I have a Kodiak and Kodiak Special from 1962 and both risers are brazillian rosewood.
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At first glance they look like the 61 KS. I spent many an hour looking at one of those.
How is the glass on that bow? I have some paint mixed for the 61 that might match your bow.
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thanx lon and brad. the bow's coming to me by way of hawaii later this week and i'll have a better handle on its condition. i plan to restore it as best as can be. much obliged folks!
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I never realized that there was a gap with wood showing on the grip underlay. I started looking and I have a Polar like that.
The glass looked green in the picture; at least on my Ipad. My bow is either light yellow or very yellowed white glass with a Zebrawood riser. Mine is 1AY12R 66" 48#.
Forget about the paint, it is the wrong color unless you want to dress the bow up like a '61 Kodiak Special. Mine appears to be in a little better shape than yours but now that I have looked it over, I think that it is a candidate for one of my clean ups. It would be an eye popper with some fresh clear finish on the zebrawood.
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i had an alaskan recurve, bought new in '66, and a friend had a polar of the same year. glass was always white on these bows.
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Yup,looks like a 1962. I've got a twin just like it that was my brother in laws bow. Probably my next clean-up bow candidate. It's a good shooter with my Allen Shafer b-55 string. Had to do a little limb twist fix on lower limb. Was probably stood up in a closet at one point.
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gonna check it out when it arrives, perhaps next week, make sure the glass and lams are good, clean it up, build a good dacron string for it, and it'll be offered in the st jude auction come spring in memory of its original owner who recently passed on.
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1962 Polar is one of my all time favorites. They made them all the way up to 50# and they have excellent cast . The glass was very good, few stress lines seen 50 years later.
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Yes it is a 1962 zebrawood polar they made them in 66'' and 56''for women and youths.They are beautiful bows and great shooters,they cost $49 in 62 I bought one from RMSG to get me started in traditional archery.I would never sell it ,and have had offers to buy it.
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Now a 56" Polar around 50# at 28" could be someone's "Holy Grail"...so who has one? :notworthy:
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Alas, the 56" ladies model Polar, a stock item in 1962 and '63 and custom order after that for a few years, was designed for 26" draw and I've never seen or heard of one over 38#.