Any one hear of these bows?
I just aquired one and the guy who gave it to me didn't know anything about it. Looks like a nice bow. It was my old neighbors target bow when he was a kid. In fact he was a state champ in Conn. back in the early 60's.
Any info would be nice.
Charlie
Perhaps "Corky" worked for a larger bow company? Anyone?
Any tips on finding Info on old bows?
I know this bow was used in the late 50's and early 60's.
Thanks,
Charlie
Hello Charlie, Let me dig up some info.. Also can you post pics of it ??.
Cody
PM and email to you Charlie
Just for grins, I did a search on "Custom by Corky" and found two hits, this thread being one.
I can add little, but I have one as well. What I can tell you is that my father purchased it in Alaska in the 50's. He used to fly bush up there and did a fair bit of hunting. It was given to me in the late 70's along with a couple dozen fiberglass arrows, and blanks for another couple dozen. Over the years, I went through all the arrows either through loss or damage. Dad was very clear about never shooting a fiberglass arrow that had any visible damage at all, and maybe I took that to an extreme. Better safe than sorry. About 10 years ago I had a local archery 'guru' finish out the blanks. Not having an original, I told him that they should extend about 3" past the front of the bow at full draw.
He insisted this was wrong and they should be much closer. I deferred to his experience, and ended up with arrows that wobbled like a drunken fish. Did find a set of aluminum arrows at a yard sale cheap that seem to shoot pretty well, but demands of work and family mean I haven't shot in years. But the bow still looks and functions very well.
Not much really to go on there outside of my little story. But I suspect Corky might have been an Alaskan resident. Seeing so few hits on my Google search, I registered just to add this little tidbit.
Jon