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Offline Mike Shaw

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Check out this yard sale find..WOW!
« on: June 27, 2008, 06:38:00 PM »
Found this Drake at a yard sale last Saturday..  :)  The sucker is near mint, only a couple of scratches. How do I find the year and model name? The decal just reads Drake.  Man.. you talk about a bow that will give you a "Bowner"  
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Offline Mike Shaw

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Re: Check out this yard sale find..WOW!
« Reply #1 on: June 27, 2008, 06:39:00 PM »
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Re: Check out this yard sale find..WOW!
« Reply #2 on: June 27, 2008, 06:57:00 PM »
Beautiful!   :clapper:
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Re: Check out this yard sale find..WOW!
« Reply #3 on: June 27, 2008, 07:11:00 PM »
wow! thats that sure was a great find.congrats!
don't forget to let us know how she shoots.

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Re: Check out this yard sale find..WOW!
« Reply #4 on: June 27, 2008, 09:08:00 PM »
WOW! That's a beauty!!!
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Re: Check out this yard sale find..WOW!
« Reply #5 on: June 27, 2008, 09:16:00 PM »
OH MY !!!!!!!

 Way to go Mike   :thumbsup:  

Is that an original feather rest?

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Offline Mike Shaw

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Re: Check out this yard sale find..WOW!
« Reply #6 on: June 27, 2008, 09:32:00 PM »
I was waiting for you to ask..That is one of yours.
It just tops off the the looks of the bow.
   
    Thanks Mike
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Re: Check out this yard sale find..WOW!
« Reply #7 on: June 27, 2008, 09:38:00 PM »
OUTSTANDING CONGRATS  :knothead:    :banghead:
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Re: Check out this yard sale find..WOW!
« Reply #8 on: June 27, 2008, 09:43:00 PM »
I actually didnt even notice it the first time I looked at the bow.  I was too busy looking at laminations and the way those limbs hook.  I bet that bow is pretty quick.

I went back to see what color rest I should send you and that's when I saw the bow already had one.

I think burnt orange would really look good.  

Thats a heck of a find, Trap
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Offline Horney Toad

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Re: Check out this yard sale find..WOW!
« Reply #9 on: June 28, 2008, 01:12:00 AM »
That is nice. Should be a good shooter too!

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Re: Check out this yard sale find..WOW!
« Reply #10 on: June 28, 2008, 06:34:00 AM »
Hi Mike nice bow,I believe that is a little later model that was actually built by Fasco after Harry stopped building them himself...somwhere mid 1960's....great shooters as well as a great looker....nice bow.....bowdoc

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Re: Check out this yard sale find..WOW!
« Reply #11 on: June 28, 2008, 09:34:00 AM »
Nice

Not what I would expect to see in a Drake.  Really different.  Beautiful
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Offline shamus

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Re: Check out this yard sale find..WOW!
« Reply #12 on: June 28, 2008, 10:42:00 AM »
wow..

Offline flint kemper

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Re: Check out this yard sale find..WOW!
« Reply #13 on: June 28, 2008, 11:11:00 AM »
WOW, what a find. Flint

Offline Mike Shaw

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Re: Check out this yard sale find..WOW!
« Reply #14 on: June 29, 2008, 02:30:00 PM »
Thanks everyone..    :help:   Darn shame it's not a lefty. Anyone have an old catalog with the model name of this Drake?   Thanks Mike
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Re: Check out this yard sale find..WOW!
« Reply #15 on: July 01, 2008, 06:34:00 AM »
Hi Mike that model is a Drake Hunterflight purty sweet looker........bowdoc

Offline Mike Shaw

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Re: Check out this yard sale find..WOW!
« Reply #16 on: July 01, 2008, 08:01:00 AM »
Thanks... This one will hang with the Bears. The detail and workmanship in this bow is unreal. I may even try shooting right hand ..   :archer:
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Re: Check out this yard sale find..WOW!
« Reply #17 on: July 01, 2008, 10:01:00 AM »
Here's a pic of a Drake Firedrake built by the old master himself....not at all as good looking as the later models....bowdoc

Offline Mike Shaw

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Re: Check out this yard sale find..WOW!
« Reply #18 on: July 01, 2008, 10:07:00 AM »
Dam I must be getting old.. I look at a bow like this the way I looked at a fine woman years ago!.. The curves, the line, the feel..OH MY!!      :rolleyes:
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Offline Jack Guard

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Re: Check out this yard sale find..WOW!
« Reply #19 on: July 02, 2008, 06:40:00 AM »
Good gawd boys ....you are killin me with these pics of Drake bows...and to find it at a yard sale....my NEED list just keeps getting bigger and bigger....keepum coming.
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