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I have this 1957 Bear Grizzly that I couldn't figure out what to do with. It had some hazing and some stress lines in it but everything else was good on her. No twist in the limbs, handle and tips were good. The limbs appeared to be structurally solid after I did a little supergluing and light sanding. Well, I decided to some artwork on it. I added some artificial sinew and tite bond glue in the areas of the limbs with the light stress lines. Painted her up.Added a buckskin handle wrap and glass crow beads.Painted a bear claw on it for onvious reasons. The bow has great specs for hunting. 62" and 55#. My question is do you think I ruined the bow by doing this? Here are some before and after pics.
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-------------------- "So long as the moon returns to the heavens in a bent, beautiful arc, so long will the fascination with archery in man lasts." Posts: 2361 | From: Coxsackie, NY | Registered: May 2007
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-------------------- "So long as the moon returns to the heavens in a bent, beautiful arc, so long will the fascination with archery in man lasts." Posts: 2361 | From: Coxsackie, NY | Registered: May 2007
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-------------------- "If I had tried a little harder and practiced a little more, by now I could have been average"...Me Posts: 1511 | From: Macon, Ga. | Registered: May 2009
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First of all....are you happy with how it came out? If so, there is no reason to discuss this any further. The only one you have to please is yourself. I think it looks kind'a neat, and wouldn't be great to kill something this fall with it.
-------------------- In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities. In the expert's there are few...So the most difficult thing is always to keep your beginner's mind...This is also the real secret of the arts: always be a beginner. Shunryu Suzuki Posts: 9298 | From: tribes hill , new york | Registered: Jan 2008
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You ask if you ruined the bow. Well, do you like it? Does the bow shoot worse than it did before you made the mods? Did you buy the bow with the intention of reselling solely for profit? If the last answer is no and you like the bow then what are you worried about? it's your beauty and you should go out and shoot it a bunch. Take it to the woods and make some meat with it. Enjoy it.
Posts: 252 | From: Canandaigua, NY | Registered: Jul 2004
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Sand it to put a fine scratch in it. Hit with some rustoleum sparay primer. Best I could find without getting crazy. Then everything else is done in acrylic. I then stell wooled it lightly to give it a little age and a little scratch and then sprayed it with satin spar urethane. Most of the paint work was done with very fine brushhes. I figure the bow is 55 years old. If I can extend it's life great. If not so be it. I see no reason why this bow won't last a good bit longer. The limbs and perfectly straight and the tips are perfect.
-------------------- "So long as the moon returns to the heavens in a bent, beautiful arc, so long will the fascination with archery in man lasts." Posts: 2361 | From: Coxsackie, NY | Registered: May 2007
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I like it. Could see myself hunting with it this year. No poll will change that. I'm kinda curious as to how people feel about doing this to an old Bear bow.
-------------------- "So long as the moon returns to the heavens in a bent, beautiful arc, so long will the fascination with archery in man lasts." Posts: 2361 | From: Coxsackie, NY | Registered: May 2007
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I know what I think of it. I'm curious as to others opinion of what I did to it. Maybe I should add the answer "don't care one way or t'other" to the poll.
-------------------- "So long as the moon returns to the heavens in a bent, beautiful arc, so long will the fascination with archery in man lasts." Posts: 2361 | From: Coxsackie, NY | Registered: May 2007
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As a collectible, you have decreased its value quite a bit, but as the hunting bow it was made to be you have only added some of your own medicine and personalized it to you. I don't think I would call that ruined. Besides, its nothing Bowdoc or Rich can't fix.
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When it comes to shooting well, the arrow is more important than the bow. Posts: 4283 | From: Rochester, IL | Registered: May 2003
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I think it looks kind'a neat, and wouldn't be great to kill something this fall with it.
