1962? Kodiak

[TBinMN]

Hello,
I'd like to ask for some feedback on this bow I bought a week or so back on the auction site.  It appears to be a '62 Kodiak but I'm not so hot at telling the 60-62 bows apart yet.
I have not received it yet but from the pictures posted on the auction - shown below it looks to be in decent shape.
Any info or opinions on the bow would be greatly appreciated!
Oh, I have to brag as my son Troy shot his first deer ever a few days ago - decent 8pt.  Shot him with a '59 Grizzley at about 12 yards.  It was the most excitement I've had since I shot my first deer back in 1971  

 

Thanks,
Terry Beaudoin

[MJB]

Yep I'd say it's a 62. There shooters too. CONGRATS

[alaskabowhunter]

I'd call it a 1962 model as well. Shoot straight!

[TBinMN]

Thanks for the info guys.  Any suggestions on what I could do to clean up the coin a bit?  Were the coins in the 62's originally pewter?  Or is the black color flaking away and what it should have been all over the coin?
TBinMN

[d. ward]

Nice bow the coin was black in that model as the bows clear finish would not stick to the pewter,so they painted em flat black then sprayed a little finish over the whole bow.bowdoc

[TBinMN]

Bowdoc,
Any suggestion on what flat black paint and clear coat to use on the coin?
Also, outside of stripping off the entire finish - is there a way to 'blend' the finish coat in a way the would make the areas of the bow that are duller or in the case of this bow - brighter - as there appears to be an area just above the bows weight and serial number where there may have been a label or something that kept that part from aging like the surrounding areas.
Thanks - I sure appreciate your help.  
TB