62 Kodiak EXP # 120889235565

[hayslope]

Wade - hopefully you'll take, then post, some better photos of that odd duck light colored 61 Kodiak!

[Wade Phillips]

Tony -

I'm not promising my photography skills would be an improvement over what you have seen already.

[Wade Phillips]

The light colored riser 1961 Kodiak arrived.

It is actually in much better condition than the auction photographs indicated. One of those rare pleasant surprises. You just never know for sure what condition a bow will be in when it arrives.

The only real issue are the vertical stress cracks on the back of the bow. The belly is pretty clean except for some green paint on the upper limb that can be easily removed as it easily flakes off with a light scraping of a fingernail.

[Wade Phillips]

Here it is in a line up with the usual suspects of contrasting wood types of Kodiaks.

Who can name the year and riser woods of these five Kodiaks?

     

[alaskabowhunter]

1962 Kodiaks, Brazilian Rosewood... all of them.

[vintage-bears]

Magnificent photo!
One more pretty than the next.

[Missaukee]

1962-Brazilian Rosewood
1962- Brazilian Rosewood
1961 Bubinga
1961 White Ash
1962 Brazilian Rosewood

[Wade Phillips]

With asking for the year of the 5 bows and the wood types for each of the 5, there are a possible 10 correct answers.

In an effort to try not to reveal to everyone, the exact correct answers that are already posted, it seems fair to simply give 10% for each correct answer.

Chuck -
70% is your best possible score

Philip -
Thanks for the gracious comments.

Donald -
70% is your worst possible score
80% is your best possible score

At this point, I'm not 100% certain on everything so will give a best and worst possible score when appropriate.

[2treks]

62-Rosewood
62-Rosewood
61-Shedua
61-Ash
62 Cocobolo

[hayslope]

L to R:

62 - Brazilian Rosewood
62 - Brazilian Rosewood with what appears to be a maple I-beam (possibly Bird's Eye)- would need a closer shot of that bow - great contrasting rosewood with the sapwood in the riser regardless. I've seen wide variance in BR, so it is always possible that the I-beam is just very light BR, but I doubt it.
61 - I would think it would be walnut with purpleheart SW, but this one could be faded or light bubinga and have a nicely figured PH SW that has oxidized. Or maybe a walnut SW!
61 - Your new ? bow - probably ash
62 - Brazilian Rosewood

[Missaukee]

The middle bow may be an all Walnut bow? Other than that I can't be sure what else I answered wrong, so I will look forward to hearing the correst answers.

When I say "Walnut", I am actually not sure what species I am referring too, but I am certain it is not Black Walnut. I think they called it Tropical Walnut, and used it on the 59/60 Polar, the 61 Walnut/PH Kodiak, and a slew of other bows.

[Missaukee]

What is the answer Wade?