Pirates Of Archery THE MORE POSITIVE ARCHERY BOARD WHERE WARM BEER IS AN ACCEPTABLE SUBSTITUTE FOR BREAST MILK, EVERY DAY IS YOHON'S BIRTHDAY, AND HOWATTMAN SETS THE STANDARD FOR DEVIANT BEHAVIOR.

by **BK in TEXAS** » Mon Dec 07, 2009 2:04 pm

This one would be 53-55 right? Sorry for the dumb questions...I'm just getting a re-kindling of interest in the old bears.

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by **KODIAK** » Mon Dec 07, 2009 4:26 pm

I think you've got the dates right. The standing bear decal was used until '55 and then it was silkscreens after. This one has the standing bear. It's tough to narrow it down further.

by **BK in TEXAS** » Mon Dec 07, 2009 4:29 pm

Thank Kodiak... I like this one.

by **KODIAK** » Mon Dec 07, 2009 5:12 pm

Those brush nocks are cool lookin' aint they. I've never owned an old static but I've heard they fling an arrow pretty quick. I doubt a high wrist guy like me would get along with those grips.

by **jwillis** » Tue Dec 08, 2009 10:28 am

This one's pretty cool as well. I've gotten interested in the old Bears, too, but I mostly want to build some reproductions and maybe tweak the limb performance just a bit. Jim

by **BK in TEXAS** » Tue Dec 08, 2009 10:32 am

jwillis wrote:This one's pretty cool as well. I've gotten interested in the old Bears, too, but I mostly want to build some reproductions and maybe tweak the limb performance just a bit. Jim

You and me both brother!

I do wanna buy a couple too though.

by **BK in TEXAS** » Tue Dec 08, 2009 10:33 am

KODIAK wrote: I doubt a high wrist guy like me would get along with those grips.

See and I'm a low (or dished) skinny grip guy

by **mike robin** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 6:35 am

bk
check out a 54 kodiak-"compass kodiak"-way ahead of its time--narrow limbs w/a wicked hook--and about the smallest grip i've seen on a recurve--the 55/56 were similar--then they morphed into the mid to higher wrist-longer risers that most think of when you say kodiak
mike

by **BK in TEXAS** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 8:05 am

I'll have to keep my eye out for one of those....looks like there is a LH '55-'56 on flea bay right now http://cgi.ebay.com/Bear-Kodiak-Glass-P ... 3efaeee2f4

by **mike robin** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 5:19 am

bk
i think they only made the compass model one year['54]--that bow looks pretty clean--i'm not that good at aging them--but that bow looks pretty close-[56 maybe]-i fixed a '54 once and naturally had to test it --and it was as fast as any bear i ever shot--and the only thing i would have tweeked was to try static tips--still might!
-------------------mike

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