The nicest '59 Kodiak Replica I've seen!

[Jeremy]

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

[rastaman]

Clumsy did not come to mind when i saw this picture! Lol!    
Great work Jeremy!      

[Ranger58]

Beautiful Bow!  Does he have a link to a homepage anywhere?

[Jeremy]

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

[joe vt]

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!!

[Bjorn]

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!

[Jason Kendall]

That thing is perty!

[Ben Maher]

Just beautiful ......

[nschlag]

looking good.

[archery j]

Beauty!!

[wasapt]

does he have a website?