I've had an old '58 Kodiak "sow belly" up on a rack for quite a few years. It's a 60" 52# Maple riser and white glass back and belly.
It was pretty beat up. Quite a few vertical stress cracks, dings, dents, remnants of old paint..not pretty.
As I've been without a bow for a while, I figured it was time to get to work.
I sanded it all down.
Modified the grip just slightly...basically sanded it a bit flatter in the throat.
Filled the stress cracks with CA.
Sanded again
Checked and adjusted the limb timing a touch.
Stained the glass and the rest of the bow.
Did 7 coats of wipe on poly.
Finished with some spray spar to give a textured look.
Ordered and received a great looking and functioning string from Josh.
Stuck some hush puppies and bow hush on her..man I like that stuff.
Found that 57# tapered spruce with a 190grain tip shot well.
So I ordered up some shafts from Hildebrand and got those dressed up for hunting.
Had some 3 blade VPA's in the bin that'll do nicely.
Ends up she's a pretty sweet shooter.
I've put a few hundred shots through it now and I don't see any cracks reappearing.
Not sure how much I like the stain job I did...but it's better than bright white.
Heck I'm just happy to have a bow to shoot again.
When I was emailing Josh about the string he mentioned it being cool to get an old hunter "back in the game".
I liked the thought of that.
My camera isn't worth a darn, but here's a few pics.
Topic: Out of retirement and back in the game (Read 637 times)
