'56 ? ....'55 - arrived and a winner

[Shaun]

330295575854   Found this one hiding in the corners of fleabay and ending in the middle of the night. Woke up to find that it was headed my way cheap. Good length and hunting weigh. Am I right that the decal makes it a 1956 ?

[d. ward]

1955 was decals 1956 was silk screens.bd

[TRAP]

Looks like a 55 Kodiak Special Shaun.  A 55 Kodiak would have been a double shelf.  Nice find!!!!

Trap

[alaskabowhunter]

Yep, 1955 Kodiak Special, at a pretty good draw weight too. You got a good deal on it. shoot straight!

[raghorn]

Boy! Are you going to enjoy shooting that bow! I had a 1956  64" and 51#- smoooth!

[Shaun]

This bow arrived while I was hunting in Texas. When you buy from the auction its a roll of the dice, sometimes you get hosed, sometimes you get lucky.

 

This bow was better than expected. Only damage I can find is a delaminated area of belly glass at the upper tip next to the string groove.

 

I put the bd fix on it and can't wait to shoot it after 24 hours drying time and some clean up.

 

[Shaun]

Now the good news. It has the original finish with two of the three decals in place.

 

 

Missing one

 

[Shaun]

What appears to be the original 20 strand string

 

With some owner installed serving over wraps - maybe for shooting bare fingered

 

And nice clear handwriting at the handle

 

[Shaun]

The special surprise was some nice "birds eye" spots on the other side of the riser.

 

I feel lucky to have found this one and will let you know how it shoots when I get there.

[yellow bow]

   :cool:

[d. ward]

Wow thats a good one right there.Great weight too...nice repair...bd

[seboomook]

Glad to see it fixed up and used again, great weight too enjoy!