'59 Grizzly renewal

[59Alaskan]

I have had the opportunity to see both. They are both wonderful.

[Hoof]

Awesome stuff there Kenny, and very rewarding...

[Whip]

Kenny, did you do anything with the string groove on the underside of the tip?   I had a guy email me today that had a puppy problem with an old bear and I immediately thought of your bow.  His will need to have the tip cut off, but that will leave a string groove similar to what you had.

[4runr]

I didn't do anything with them. I figured that anything I do is going to result in it still being noticable. Often in my woodworking experience when faced with a situation where covering something in a noticable position was required, it's sometimes better to clean it up and let it be part of the character.

You could put underlays on it but then you still have a hole to fill. You could fill it with epoxy and color it to match the belly glass but mine were cut into the Maple lams and you would notice that when looking at the ends of the tips.

I decided just to leave them, they bring questions when someone is looking at the bow and it's interesting to talk about it.

[Whip]

Dogs might be man's best friend, but definatley not bows!!    :eek:



 

[4runr]

Tell me that's not a '59 Kodiak!!!

[Whip]

I haven't seen the whole bow, but it is supposed to be a '65 Grizzly.

[jcar315]

YIKES!!!

He might not be anybody's best friend after that.

[4runr]

It would look better with smaller tips any way. Did the guy a favor  

[allaroundhunter]

that really is a peice of art

[Jmatt1957]

ttt

[Bjorn]

If that were my bow it would not be quite as funny!      

[TRAP]

Gotta Love Puppies.  

   

Trap

[damascusdave]

Might as well bring this thread back around as it is well worth another look.

Trap, I am going to need at least one and maybe two of your feather rests to restore my twin Kodiaks. I just could not bear (no pun intended) to not shoot them and I managed to rip a couple rows of feathers off one rest with fletching contact. I would guess those 50 year old feathers are just a bit brittle.

Man are those bows shooters. Fast, quiet and natural pointers. I am shooting Easton Fat Boy carbons with them. Even with my 30 inch draw they do not seem to stack too badly. They got me started shooting 2 fingers under and now I shoot everything 2 under.

DDave

[hayslope]

Kenny.........those sure are sweet!!!!

Merry Christmas to you and your family.

[59Alaskan]

Kenny, I think these bows look fabulous in the snow.  Hopefully they are getting enough of it.

[Larry m]

Very Nicely Done! I like that snakeskin backing...

[Xavier]

That is sweet! Amazing redoing the tips on that one. I'm in awe.

[4runr]

Thanks everyone for all the comments. It's fun bringing this back up to reremember.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!