I somehow ended up with another Holcomb '59 Kodiak replica in my shop to put a grip on. :bigsmyl: Ed really outdid himself with this one - gorgeous bird's eye I-beam, flawlessly filled and finished Wenge slabs (anyone who's ever tried that before should appreciate it!) and... orange glass on the belly!
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Gorgeous!
thats really cool. gotta love old bears!
Now that is a class act reproduction BEAR... NICE!
Reproduction you say I Don't like that idea on the reproductions , a True collector would never buy a reproduction , If the craftsman can build somthing like that why wouldn't he just build his own desighn :confused:
Beautiful bow as Ed's always are! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
I like
man thats a sexy bow
UUUGGHHH!!!! I've wanted on of these fabled 59's since I first saw one here on the forums!! :)
Beatiful work, on a beautiful design.
I've worked just enough with Wenge to know it's a stubborn old hag that'll reward your hard work (and dulled tools) with only more hard work trying put a finish on it! (It'll eat your nose from the inside out as well!!!)
Brings a tear to my eye because right now I know I can't afford one.
That's some beautiful work.
Very nice!
I love both my Holcomb bows. That one looks awesome!!
What weight did you get it in?
I have another coming very soon and I guess I should have Ed send it out for a leather handle, too. Ed's bows are better than any factory bow out there and I'd buy his bows any day over an old original.
Love the lines of that bow.
Ed always does a nice job. I have some of the originals and compared with those in this case the leather work looks sort of clumsy. I think I would prefer a repro. without the leather.
Well, I like it. I also like the grip.
God Bless,
Nathan
WOW! What a Drop-Dead Beautiful Bow! As clumsy as I am, :scared: I'd be afraid to take it in the woods...
Joe, I wish this one was mine, but it was only in my hands long enough to do the grip.
James, clumsy how exactly? I'm just curious how you go that from the pics, since the only flaws from my point of view comparing it to the dozen Bears with original wraps on my rack right now (down from 40+) are on the offside and not shown in the pics.
To that point: I carried the skived edge back a little over 2" from the edge on the offside under the wrap, but should have had a longer section that was paper-thin or the transition from paper-thin to full thickness needed to be more gradual; tough to tell without removing the grip. I can see the transition though, and I'd prefer not to.
Jeremy, I think you answered your own question. From what I can see on my bows I think Bear used a thinner leather for handles? Also, both ends of the leather were "skived". I have a 57 coming for refinishing this week and the leather needs replacing so when I remove it I will try and get a picture to you. I need to see Ed soon so I will give the old grip to him, see what he thinks.
Regards
Bows always look better in person so that one must be stunning. The finish looks perfect.
I'm impressed!
James, all 4 edges of the leather on the Kodiaks were skived. All 4 edges on this are skived down to nothing to blend into the handle. Bear used 1.5 to 2oz calfskin, which is what this is. Ed's handles are a little beefier than Bears, especially in the throat area; the leather adds to this, as does the overlays Ed extends down the riser. The angle on his grip is also slightly different. It took a couple of tries to adjust the pattern of the original grips to match Ed's bows and with this one I lengthened the overlap, since I wasn't happy with the results of the last two.
The transition on the offside is visible; it's also visible on better than half the 40+ Bears I've owned. Since that's not even shown in the pics I was just curious what flaws you were seeing?
Thanks for the offer to take pics of your grip, but they won't be necessary. I only collected the leather handled Bears and have a box out in the shop with grips that I replaced. That's where I originally got the patterns. :)
I switched out the velcro Ed put on with some shaved beaver fur. It's a real slick rug material that looks pretty close to the Bear rugs.
Thanks for the comments and criticism guys :D
Clumsy did not come to mind when i saw this picture! Lol! :)
Great work Jeremy! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Beautiful Bow! Does he have a link to a homepage anywhere?
Ed just got online a few weeks ago, so I think getting a website up is a bit much to ask :D
His # is
413-274-3765
nice job jeremy !!
i still have a desire to order another one!! i have one pretty much exactly like that one.
did you get to shoot it? my holcombs shoot so sweet. and good ol maple core does an amazing job!!
I have seen the odd '59 along the way, and still own seven along with five '60s; I'd say that's a very nice grip Jeremy.
I had a Holcomb '57 repro a few years ago but regrettably ended up selling it because it was just too high a poundage for me. Ed makes a beautiful bow!
That thing is perty!
Just beautiful ......
looking good.
Beauty!!
does he have a website?