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Main Boards => Trad History/Collecting => Topic started by: Ray Hammond on September 23, 2008, 08:31:00 PM

Title: need 65 Kodiak Magnum - a busted one
Post by: Ray Hammond on September 23, 2008, 08:31:00 PM

anyone have any broken riser material from one-

bubinga and Brazilian rosewood?

I gotta make a knife to match one and I think that would be the best possible way to get it done.

Any ideas????

Thansk

Title: Re: need 65 Kodiak Magnum - a busted one
Post by: Waterhole-Ike on September 23, 2008, 09:02:00 PM

Ray, if you send me an email I have a chunk of rosewood off of a Black Widow. My email is [email protected]

Title: Re: need 65 Kodiak Magnum - a busted one
Post by: Ray Hammond on September 24, 2008, 09:16:00 AM

Thanks, Ike. I actually have bunches of rosewood and bubinga..separately...comparatively new.

The difficulty will be that I don't have the skillset to make new wood look like old, seasoned, sun-changed riser wood.

That's why I was asking for an old broken K-Mag, see? I really appreciate your generosity, though. That's what I love about TG!!!!

Title: Re: need 65 Kodiak Magnum - a busted one
Post by: PAPALAPIN on September 24, 2008, 10:07:00 AM

Oconee Dan made a knife handle out of a Bear Kodiak Hunter that He won at the TBG Banquet two years ago. I had donated it.  I did not know it had a crack in the riser.  it amade a beautiful knife handle being that he incorporated the accent stripe right down the middle of the handle.

Title: Re: need 65 Kodiak Magnum - a busted one
Post by: ckruse on September 24, 2008, 10:49:00 AM

I have a 1960 Kodiak Special Deluxe that I've been saving for that purpose. It has a delaminated lower limb, and has nasty finish overall. It would be neat to have a drop point skinner that incorporated the accent line of the old bow riser. CKruse

Title: Re: need 65 Kodiak Magnum - a busted one
Post by: PAPALAPIN on September 24, 2008, 11:02:00 AM

I have a '63 Type I Dogleg the exploded on me.  I sent  it to a guy in Arkansas who glued it back together for me.  One limb now looks like a full recurve and the other is like semi recurve.  Not a shooter by any means.

Makes a nice wall hanger though

Title: Re: need 65 Kodiak Magnum - a busted one
Post by: Ray Hammond on September 24, 2008, 07:30:00 PM

thats what I'm talking about. I just need to find that 65 K mag and I'm in business!