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    • JTop
        September 8, 2012 at 12:29 am
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        #5735

        My wife’s uncle bought an old bow at a garage sale for me. Someone had painted the WHOLE bow matte black and drilled 2 sight/quiver holes in it. After a little elbow grease and rubbing compound I was able to get the black paint off to find a very nice 50# Bear Kodiak Hunter. I refinished the bow and put in some brass mountings where the holes were and am quit satisfied with the results. Total investment so far, $10 for a can of polyurethane. (I already had the brass mounting kit for a different bow.):D

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      • David Petersen
        Member
          September 8, 2012 at 3:01 am
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          #44143

          I always loved that color …

        • Stephen Graf
          Moderator
            September 8, 2012 at 10:59 am
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            #44493

            Nice job – not scratching off the bow poundage and id info when taking off the old finish!

          • Troy Breeding
              September 8, 2012 at 12:16 pm
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              #44561

              JTop,

              That’s one heck of a recovery job.

              Great job. Glad to see you had the courage to do it. Too many super nice bows are never unvailed because of someone elses mistake.

              Troy

            • J.Alex
                September 8, 2012 at 1:07 pm
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                #44605

                Great job and nice bow, those Kodiak Hunters are great shooters.J.A.

              • William Warren
                Member
                  September 8, 2012 at 6:43 pm
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                  #44899

                  Nice! I like surprises like that. I’d like to find one about 45# left hand.

                • skifrk
                    September 8, 2012 at 7:50 pm
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                    #44955

                    Great job on the restore of the bow.

                  • Stumpkiller
                    Member
                      September 9, 2012 at 4:20 am
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                      #45404

                      Great bows and a good find!

                      I’ve got one just like it, same weight but without inserts, that I used to shoot in an indoor league. Nice and stable; if a bit slow by reputation. I draw 30-1/2″ and when you work the tips that way it begins to get perky.

                      2nd from top

                    • rwbowman
                        September 9, 2012 at 6:24 pm
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                        #46093

                        Awesome treasure! That’s a beautiful bow.

                      • JTop
                          September 10, 2012 at 3:09 am
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                          #46511

                          Thanks everyone for the comments. I put a string on it and got to shoot with my 6.5 yr old daughter on Saturday. We were competing to see who got more bullseyes. In the end we tied. Its a nice shooter, but about 5 lbs more than I’m used to. I’ll get the hang of it.

                        • codger
                          Member
                            September 10, 2012 at 1:58 pm
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                            #47040

                            Beautiful bow nice work. I ha done of those I sold some years ago i wish i had kept great shooting bows.

                          • FUBAR
                            Member
                              September 11, 2012 at 12:10 am
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                              #47535

                              Great discovery and good job fixing her up

                            • Wexbow
                                September 13, 2012 at 8:28 pm
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                                #50608

                                Beautiful bow, what a find 😀

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