Show me your 64 kodiak

[TimberlineX]

TonyW,

I have a good hunting buddy who feels exactly the same way. He MUCH prefers the rich, warm look and feel of good solid wood, and tells me so frequently. I tend to lean toward racier combinations and am drawn to multiple riser laminations and phenolic.

Both of us just love bows.

Bill

[johnnyrazorhead]

Here's mine.60",55# with factory quiver bushing.
 Terry-It looks like the mate to yours.
 
 

[reddogge]

Now I have time and as soon as I put my strike plate and rest on I'll be able to compare.  I don't have a '60 but do have a '62.

[d. ward]

now thats a 1964 Kodiak.bd  

[Blackhawk]

I like the '64 too, but put a few others at the top of the list.

In front would be the 1959-1963 models.  As to the best in looks and performance...well, I have a tie between the '60 and '62.

[reddogge]

Well I just put a bunch of arrows through mine for the first time.  My impression is it is a nice handling hard hitting bow, light in weight, small grip which fits my hand perfectly, accurate and stable.  But the problem is I find all of the Kodiaks like that so I have hard time picking favorites.  My impression is my '62 shoots the fastest and is very accurate in my hands but it's a 50# vs a 45# '64.  But I need more time to compare.

[lone hunter]

You did a fine job, that bow shines.

[yeager]

Joe,  here's my '64 Kodiak that I refinished awhile back with the help of Bowdoc's "Restoration 101" thread.  I bought new decals from Al Harford.

Good luck and Happy Holidays,  Bob


 

[yeager]

Sorry about the double post....guess I was having one of those "Senior Moments"!

[shick]

Bob, you did good.  That is a sweet looking bow.

Shick

[reddogge]

Very nice job on that one.  What finish did you use?

[yellow bow]

good job.  

[yeager]

Thanks.  Overall, I used 12 coats of Minwax wipe-on poly...put on 3 light coats then wet sanded.  Did this 4x.