Originally posted by vintage-bears: QuoteOriginally posted by PAPALAPIN: PhilipPersonally I would not remove the rest of the Camo, As it is it tells the story of this bow in that it sat hidden under camo paint for 44 years until Tom decided to see what was under the paint. It amazes me that someone could shoot this bow for that long and not realize there is a differennce between this now and a standard '66. The big difference in hand weight should have tipped them off to something. Common sense should say that the layer of camo paint would not add that much weight.When I acquired it, I dubbed it the "Troy Kodiak" after Tom Troy who discovered this jewel under the camo paint. I hope Philip honors that name and continues to refer to as the Troy Kodiak.I would do something to add some kind of finish where Tom reubbed a bit too much, but I would not remove any more of the camo. However, philip is now the new custodian of this piece of Bear history so I guess it is his call.Take care of her Philip. It belongs in the collection of "Vintage Bears". Thanks very much Jack. I'm on the fence about the camo finish with this bow.I am thinking about bringing the bow to it's ORIGINAL condition.It's original condition was NOT camo! The camo came later. I'll explain. After thorough inspection, the bow has evidence of being finely sanded and varnished at Bear Archery just like a production model. It was clearly an R+D bow.Ofcoarse I could be wrong on this.It is my theory that this bow was initially going to be a 67 Kodiak and Bear Archery decided to not make one at all for 1967.The decision was made to wait and introduce the ALL NEW 67 1/2 Super Kodiak with the black phenolic riser.This is my opinion of this bow.Once all decisions were made at Bear Archery, this bow was sent back to the factory area with instructions to camouflage it, weigh it and serialize and send it off to bear dealers as a 1966 Kodiak.I could be wrong but I am confident that's how this bow came to be. The bow has found a home on the wall sitting between a 1966 Kodiak and a 67 1/2 Super Kodiak. It's like the missing link has been found........philip [/b]
Originally posted by PAPALAPIN: PhilipPersonally I would not remove the rest of the Camo, As it is it tells the story of this bow in that it sat hidden under camo paint for 44 years until Tom decided to see what was under the paint. It amazes me that someone could shoot this bow for that long and not realize there is a differennce between this now and a standard '66. The big difference in hand weight should have tipped them off to something. Common sense should say that the layer of camo paint would not add that much weight.When I acquired it, I dubbed it the "Troy Kodiak" after Tom Troy who discovered this jewel under the camo paint. I hope Philip honors that name and continues to refer to as the Troy Kodiak.I would do something to add some kind of finish where Tom reubbed a bit too much, but I would not remove any more of the camo. However, philip is now the new custodian of this piece of Bear history so I guess it is his call.Take care of her Philip. It belongs in the collection of "Vintage Bears".
Topic: 66' prototype has found a home (Read 5099 times)
