New to me Custom Kodiak TD

[vermonster13]

This one has the nicest riser IMO I have seen on Kodiak TD. Picked it up in a trade with a fellow TGer recently and this one stuck. Thought I'd share some pics. B riser #1 limbs 50@28

   

[John D]

Very nice. Love those Custom Kodiak T-Ds

Have fun with it.

[VA Bowbender]

I've never seen one like that, all one color.  Is it aftermarket?  It's very nice.

[Orion]

Very nice, indeed.  I like its understatedness.

[vermonster13]

No, that's from Bear. No stabilizer insert either. Has the side mount quiver inserts which I don't mind. I agree very simple elegance to the bow.

[Trooper]

Welcome to the Bear t/d family!  IMHO, that is the best hunting recurve out there!

[stik chunker]

Glad you like it.....Good luck...

[John Dill]

Very nice..........Love the Kodiak T/Ds

[Jeremy]

Nice!  When you decide to move that one give me a call      

[vermonster13]

I almost did late last week. Changed the fast-flite string for a dacron and it is a totally different bow. Quiet and smooth. I might order a set of RER limbs to try on it.

[EASTERNARCHER]

OMG! I want it!!!! I have a B Riser that needs fixin', but I don't have limbs at all! Someone busted these ones...if you ever decide to pass it on...I want a shot! please...

Does ANYBODY got a set of #1's in 55lbs to sell????huh?

[DannyBows]

Sweet!!  Congrats!!

[d. ward]

Cool looking riser,VA bowbender is correct or let me refraze that...He may have never see one like that.I may be off on the date,but I am pretty certin that V13's was one of the first interductions of the new T/D around 1995 or so. And may have been built for some archery shop....(NOT 3Rivers)  Those are a bit scarce VA B..I have only seen 3-4 others like that.Pretty cool riser and scarce to say the least,again not possitive but I think there were only around 150-300 or so of them made....again I will have to double check...Darn cool bow...bowdoc

[Yellow Dog]

That bow is from the mid 90's. The year bear went back to the current brown/grey maple riser with fast flight limbs. For a couple of years they offered what they called the "Fred Bear Takedown Hunter" with a laminated hardwood handle. I had one that I sold a few years ago, It has blond maple limb cores and sold for a couple hundred dollars less than the current takedown.

[vermonster13]

Actually the limbs that came with it are the same Fast Flite limbs on the 3 Rivers version. Stik Chunker who I got it from said this is how it came in the box and he was the original buyer.

[d. ward]

Oh yes the limbs are the same as all the newer ones..with black and white tip overlays ?? FF safe..The only difference was Bear changed back to the two tone risers after a short run of your type risers...But yes your limbs are the same as all the new ones.Whenever Bear Archery stopped produceing the green stripe gray colored riser with green limb tip overlays.I believe is around the time your bow came out on the market...bowdoc

[Yellow Dog]

Yes, the limbs that came with the "Fred Bear Takedown Hunter" model are fast flight limbs, but as you can see in your pic of the bow that the maple limb cores are blond. Those blond cored maple limbs for FF only came with the Hunter model. This is pic of a limb that came with the "Fred Bear Takedown" model. The limb cores are dark grey maple. Both bows were listed in the Bear catalog in the mid 90's. After a few years the "Hunter" model was discontinued.

Mike

[d. ward]

Here is a pic of the Bear Hunter Take Down from the 1990's....It has bolt on limbs,not the Bear socket and yoke system...It was a bit cheeper as was the magnesium alloy handle BearCat of the same year....they used bolt on limbs to save money...bowdoc

[vermonster13]

There is no serial number visible on the riser when the bow is strung. The limbs do say Fred Bear Takedown on the top limb. It is the latch system and does have blond maple cores in the limbs, the tips and butts are identical to the 3 Rivers Custom Kodiak.

[d. ward]

Yes V13 yours is the higher end model.More expensive with latches and sockets.The pic I added is the lesser expensive Bear Hunter take down from the 1996 Bear catalog.It used the bolt on limbs and sold for 399.99...Your bow I believe was around 750.00 new and are 999.00 today....bowdoc