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Title: Question for the Bear Bow Guru's
Post by: mike g on April 25, 2014, 07:31:00 PM
What was the name of the dual shelf Recurve maybe Longcurve, Vintage, maybe 50's 60's...
   Thanks for any info....
Title: Re: Question for the Bear Bow Guru's
Post by: PaulDeadringer29 on April 25, 2014, 07:42:00 PM
Oh.....I want to say cub or Alaskan, not 100% sure though.
Title: Re: Question for the Bear Bow Guru's
Post by: dhermon85 on April 25, 2014, 07:48:00 PM
Cub?
Title: Re: Question for the Bear Bow Guru's
Post by: Pointer on April 25, 2014, 08:37:00 PM
I have a Cub with the dual shelf
Title: Re: Question for the Bear Bow Guru's
Post by: JimB on April 25, 2014, 08:47:00 PM
Mike,there were many models.The 1957 Kodiak was the first Kodiak to have a single shelf.

Pose the question in the Collector's forum and you should get some more specific answers.
Title: Re: Question for the Bear Bow Guru's
Post by: Ray Lyon on April 25, 2014, 10:18:00 PM
1955 & 1956 Kodiak had a dual shelf. They were full recurves.
Title: Re: Question for the Bear Bow Guru's
Post by: Bud B. on April 25, 2014, 11:33:00 PM
My Alaskan is dual. It's a "longcurve" style.
Title: Re: Question for the Bear Bow Guru's
Post by: Stone Knife on April 26, 2014, 07:16:00 AM
QuoteOriginally posted by mike g:
What was the name of the dual shelf Recurve maybe Longcurve, Vintage, maybe 50's 60's...
   Thanks for any info....
Hey Mike, you getting the Fred Bear Bug now   ;)  I know the Howard Hill Bug got you, now this    :goldtooth:
Title: Re: Question for the Bear Bow Guru's
Post by: 59Alaskan on April 26, 2014, 07:40:00 AM
At one point the following were dual shelf:
Cub
Grizzly
Alaskan
Polar
Kodiak

They all eventually became single shelf at varying points in time.  The Cub returned as a dual shelf with plastic post rests in the late 1960's.

Of course there were always the entry level models like you see my son holding in my avatar.
Title: Re: Question for the Bear Bow Guru's
Post by: mike g on April 26, 2014, 09:50:00 AM
Stone Knife.
   My local shop, Jerry's Archery, has a Bear dual shelf with compass on it, it's a semi recurve.
   I like shootin with both hands, so the bow sparked my interest....
   I'll probably still get another Hill Tembo with no shelf, so I can shoot in Ambi
Title: Re: Question for the Bear Bow Guru's
Post by: JimB on April 26, 2014, 09:56:00 AM
The '54,Kodiak II was the "Compass Kodiak" but it had very pronounced recurves.I suspect that one is a different model.
Title: Re: Question for the Bear Bow Guru's
Post by: zepnut on April 27, 2014, 09:51:00 AM
1950 Kodiak was single shelf.