Hey Gang. I happen to hunt Knick Kinckerbockers grandsons farm. Many ofKnicks hunting items are now his.  For those that do not know, Knick was a early investor in Bear archery and good friend of Fred Bear.  He is in many of Freds old hunting films.  His grandson does not hunt.  I knew of some old bows rotting away in a open garage.  So, I offered a shinny '72 Kodiak Hunter in trade.  The '59 was marked 40lbs, 60".  It was in rough shape.  Plenty of patina (Dust and bird crap).  The stike plate had fallen off and the yellow feather arrow rest fell off in my car.  I didn't want the old bow to be a wall hanger.  I contacted Joe Lash at the Bow Hospital do work his majic. (Prarie Traditions) Here are the before and after pics:













Joe did a great job in a timely fasion. As you can see she lost 4 lbs.  I pull 29.5 inches and there is no stack.  Her weight at my draw is 42 lbs.

 

That is for sure some history , nice find

Jeff,

Nice find and a great salvage of a piece of archery history. Congratulations to both you and Joe for preserving it.

Nice bow. She cleaned up real good. I have one of Knicks zipper bowcases, it is monogrammed "K.Knickerbocker."

Is the poundage different on the before and after pics?

Yes. She lost 3lbs. from age and another pound after refinshing. Hence 40 to 36 lbs. at 28".

Great piece of history.  Very nice bow and refinish job.
-Jay

nice bow.  Thank you for sharing.  Good job Joe!

Jeff, that's a beauty!! Congrats!

Nice job Joe!

Very Cool Story!
Very Nice Bow!
Very Nice Refinishing Job!

Thanks for sharing!

nice looking bow and should last another 50 years.May we see pics of the tip overlays ? bd

Hey BowDoc.  I'll take some and try to post tonight.  Jeff

cool I love Joe's work he does outstanding restroations bd

Nice peice of history, Thank much for sharing. Joe did a great job on bringing that bow back to life.

What a great find.
That's a special bow you have and nice to see it restored and preserved. KK was a great friend of Fred Bear and your bow probably has a tale or 2 in it's life.......Bravo!

Just beautiful......Whip did a nice job.......I bet that shoots nice  

Thanks for posting those Nook.  That was a fun bow to work on. Very cool  piece of history.
The overlays on the back and the tips were all in surprisingly good condition, so I left those alone.  
Cool old bow, and glad to here it is flinging arrows once again.

Thanks for posting those Nook.  That was a fun bow to work on. Very cool  piece of history.
The overlays on the back and the tips were all in surprisingly good condition, so I left those alone.  
Cool old bow, and glad to here it is flinging arrows once again.

Nook...You never know,but the more we hunt that farm(10 yrs and growing)there might be more of those finds.Very nice find.I was honored to shoot a piece of history as well.....

Danny

You never know Dan.  We may be able save some more history from the pile....  Thanks again Joe.  Here are the tips as BowDoc asked:

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Jeff