1960 Kodiak Deluxe Grand Slam

[damascusdave]

Thank you Wade for taking pity on an old man...with any luck I am about to own a 60 inch Kodiak Deluxe to go with my 64 inch...just an ordinary one without the butcher block, eh...the tricky part then is going to be getting a 56 inch one without breaking the bank...I had an interesting experience with my 55 pound lefty 1960 Kodiak this week...it now wears a low stretch string and I finally found an arrow that will bareshaft tune with both it and my new Cari-Bow Tuktu EX...the EX is the same spec, 55 pounds at 28 inches...I shoot both bows at 30 inches so both in the low sixties...the arrow that tuned so nicely, is, believe it or not, a 250 Spine Full Metal Jacket Dangerous game with 250 grain point for a total weight of just over 900 grains...I ran the Tuktu propelled arrow over the Chrony first for an average velocity of about 152 fps...I ran the 55 year old Kodiak propelled arrow over the Chrony next for an average velocity of 152 fps...I know very well I do not need a 900 grain arrow for anything I hunt but those are going to be my elk hunting arrows, as well as my 3D and Technohunt arrows this winter

DDave

[Wade Phillips]

DDave -

I thought you could figure that little puzzle pretty easily.

Hey, you are not an old man at all to me.

Many of us were born well before you and have been retired for over a decade and now find ourselves approaching the "Near Elderly" category.

Over the years, I've seen several 56" Kodiak Deluxe bows for sale on the auction sites. The last couple that I remember seeing for sale were just a fraction of the highest prices they sold for a few year earlier.

Keep looking you will find a 56".

In my experience, the Butcher block Deluxe and Special Deluxe are not nearly as uncommon as Butcher Block Kodiaks. Because they are more common, I never really bothered to distinguish between or collect the two I-Beam variations for Deluxe and Special Deluxe. I probably have more than enough bows already.

[damascusdave]

Wade as you may recall I only collect BH series 60 Kodiaks...just found another one that might be for sale...wonder if he will take a brand new Tuktu EX in trade...and I am only an old man when I think it suits my needs...they call me 24 hour Dave when I am driving my fuel truck

DDave

[damascusdave]

Sorry double post...old and forgetful eh

DDave

[mangonboat]

I am just waiting to see Dave's pics next September of the elk he knocks over, literally, with a 900 gr. arrow . The mystery will be which bow he is shooting.

[Shane Reed]

Dave, it's funny how Wade likes to make people do their homework. ;-) I personally like it.

[damascusdave]

Shane the information Wade gives up without a fight would be more than sufficient...I got into this collecting thing entirely by accident...I stay in this collecting thing because of the challenge of solving the mysteries and the characters that it attracts...when I teach I lead students to answers so that they have the satisfaction of finding out for themselves...anything that comes too easily tends to be devalued

DDave

[eidsvolling]

Oh geez, another Socrates. It drives my wife wild, and not in a good way, when I do it …

BTW, I've used a variant of the Socratic method to teach map and compass work. I assign the students to small teams and require them to make all route decisions in the field unanimously. In order to gain agreement, they have to be able to explain their choices to their teammates. When they falter, I prod them a little with questions, not answers.

[damascusdave]

When Toffler wrote "The Third Wave" in 1980 it was all about how we were entering into a new level of information that was available, the "Information Age"...he could not have envisioned (or maybe he could have) at that time where we are today...the problem with the sheer volume of information that is available today is trying to sort out the part that is useful...there is a good chance that we have no idea what will be available in the future...yet I am willing to bet nobody will be any the wiser about why some BH series Bear bows are 1959 models when most are 1960 models

DDave