From: ckayaker
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Date: 14-May-15 |
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A friend recently gave me a 1961 Bear Alaskan that is in pretty good shape structurally, but it's missing the coin, the leather grip, and the arrow rest. Can someone tell me the type of coin used on this bow and where I might look for one? What sort of arrow rest was used? And, finally, has anyone replaced the leather grip on a Bear recurve? Seems like it would be a daunting task. I'd appreciate any help or suggestions. Thanks
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From: George D. Stout
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Date: 14-May-15 |
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The leather grip was skived leather. You make the leather very thin where it overlaps the grip. You can do it with a small plane or even a rasp if you take your time. It's really not hard to do. The rest area just had thin leather on it...no room for anything else. I believe the coin was aluminum in 1961 You can buy reproductions.
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From: ckayaker
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Date: 14-May-15 |
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George-- Thanks for the information. I'm delighted to know that there are people who know how the leather grip is made. "Skived" is a new term for me, and one I will have to look up. Once the leather is skived, is it wetted and glued to the riser? I assume cow hide was used. Sounds like it might be fun to try.
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From: George D. Stout
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Date: 14-May-15 |
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Cut it to shape and wet it after skiving. You can put plastic wrap around the grip area, then put the wet leather on pushing it into fit. I did my grip without wetting and it pushed into position very nicely. I just used contact cement after skiving it, and pressed it into position, overlapped and pressed tight. It has held ever since.
Here's mine. I used a rasp to skive the leather.
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From: ckayaker
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Date: 17-May-15 |
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George, Your leather-wrapped grip looks about as good as any I've seen. How much of the end of the leather is skived?I believe you've convinced me to give it a try. Thanks
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