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Title: Polar age ?
Post by: MCNSC on August 15, 2015, 04:05:00 PM

Just picked up a Bear Poar off CL. The bow looks to be in good shape but dirty. Came with one of the Kwikee 4 arrow quivers with no hood (hard to believe that folks actually used those) and 3 arrows with broadheads
Anyway, it is 64 inches and 40 lbs serial number is 17N12
It has a brass coin that looks to have been painted brown. Has white glass.  
I figured for $30 bucks it was a good deal.
Any help on the age would be appreciated

Title: Re: Polar age ?
Post by: Blackhawk on August 16, 2015, 12:50:00 PM

Based upon "brass coin" and the serial, My guess is 1963-64.  

I believe there's a thread somewhere that ID's the Polars, so a search could turn that up.

...and if it shoots, $30 is really a good deal.

Title: Re: Polar age ?
Post by: MCNSC on August 16, 2015, 01:51:00 PM

Cleaned it up with some Meguires Mirror glaze polish and a few coats of paste wax and put a new rest on it. Looks like a different bow now. Went ahead and shot it a few times with the old string. Shoots good, very quiet bow.
The string that came with it is white. I wonder if anyone makes white Dacron strings?

Title: Re: Polar age ?
Post by: Jeremy on August 17, 2015, 09:50:00 AM

Early Polar ID Guide (http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=14;t=003321#000000)  

Yours should be an early 1961 Polar.  They started off as a 64" bow before being offered in 'his' and 'her' lengths

Title: Re: Polar age ?
Post by: Blackhawk on August 17, 2015, 10:34:00 AM

Jeremy, was the coin not aluminum in early '61?  

Of course someone could have exchanged the coin along the way...and I see you know these Polars as much as anyone.