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[Wade Phillips]

Larry,

Guess I do own an unusual Kodiak Deluxe veneer...

The not so rare, tiger striped zebrawood veneer Kodiak Deluxe...           Brad took these images before he restored this bow.

         


       

[Wade Phillips]

Two months ago, Shandor sent this image of one of his bows, a Kodiak Special Deluxe...

 

[warpedarrow]

Shandor has picked up a few more.  There for awhile I thought that he was trying to corner the market on KD and KSDs.  I heard this evening that there is another one in the works.  Maybe we can get him to take the twelve step program and do a show and tell.  I will drop him a line in a few minutes.

[Wade Phillips]

Here is a different image of that remake that sold at auction a while back. Not sure who owns it now, but sure is a very nice looking bow...

 

[2ndTimeShooter]

Wow. Great thread and some nice pics. About the last one first, I asked Richard Korte if he would make some replicas with more subtle colors or darker woods like Macassar, and without the red overlays. He doesn't take custom orders but said he was working on some like that. That bow appears to be one of them.

Brad, I'm inching my way towards posting pics here. I've had 6 Kodiak Special Deluxes and kept 3, but still have pics of them all. I have 3 Kodiak Deluxes, soon to be 4. I'm getting Dave's 40# butcher block beauty. Can't believe he's letting go of it but I'm not complaining! Am I, Dave? It's hard to find any KD and especially hard to find a lighter one in great shape.

Wade, I bought that KD you posted that sold recently. The 60" 48#er. It sure is beautiful. Unfortunately when I went to string it the lower limb twisted a lot to one side. I tried to push it back gently towards center and heard a slight creaking sound in the limb, further up towards the riser. I didn't try to do anything with it since. My friend Chad took a 59 Kodiak w/a twisted limb to a local bowyer in N.M., and he fixed it by taking off some of the limb on the opposite side, then did the other limb to balance it, I think, and it shoots fine now. The bowyer, Denny, agreed to try to fix my KD that way but didn't recommend it due to the sound in the limb. I got a half refund from the seller which will pay for the limb twist repair but there's still the issue of the slight creaking sound... which of course may mean the bow is delaminating. Not sure what to do now. If the limb is no good I'm even considering cutting the limbs off and attaching take down limbs. Any advice from anyone?

[2ndTimeShooter]

one try with photobucket. Guess I have to get directions.

[2ndTimeShooter]

Here's another try. It's probably too big so we'll see how long it lasts. This is the 60" 48# KD I got recently, with the twisted limb. BTW the twist is not visible when the bow is unstrung.
 

[2ndTimeShooter]

Here's the other side of the riser. The old strike plate was coming off and the feather rest was one of those tall squishy types that doesn't work well, so I replaced both. The strike plate is beaver tail. Not original shape but I was having fun cutting it to resemble a beaver tail!
 

[2ndTimeShooter]

The window without plate or rest. The grain is quite beautiful, the pic doesn't do it justice.
 

[2ndTimeShooter]

This is getting to be fun. Only takes a fraction of a second to load here with a 4G connection. Here's a pic I took as soon as getting it out of the box, it was getting dark but I couldn't wait!
 

[2ndTimeShooter]

Some of the limbs are quite dark which is of course beautiful. It has some stress lines and a tiny bit of clouding on one limb. OK, I think that's enough pics of this bow for now. Next time I'll post some of a BB 43# 64" KD I was lucky enough to get from a Tradgang  member... not Dave's.

[2ndTimeShooter]

OK, I changed my mind. Since Wade showed that KSD pic I decided to show a few more. Zebrawood flair. 66".
 

[2ndTimeShooter]

Oh yeah, and a butcher block window. Here's the other side.
 

[2ndTimeShooter]

That pic that Wade posted of this bow is why I love these bows so much, aside from their beauty. It shoots straight! As long as I do. They don't all end up hitting the bulls eye like in that pic but when I'm shooting right, it's the easiest bow I have to shoot that well. Same with my others. That was from 40 yards and the arrow was not even matched that well to the bow. 54# spine. Now I'm shooting these arrows made by David Ellenbogen, which he made for a 50# '60 Kodiak... to match the bow in looks as well as spine. This KSD shoots them perfectly which is prety amazing, considering the arrow is spined at 63#... 19#s higher than the actual draw of this bow. Looks pretty great with it too, huh?
 

[2ndTimeShooter]

One last post for now. We're talking about facts and beautiful bows. Here's a plug for the beauty part. I shoot better when I love the way a bow looks! If the arrows look great with it, even better! It's winter now, raining, and I can't shoot b/c of a inguinal hernia and upcoming surgery. But just looking at that pic makes me smile quite a lot! In fact I'm almost swooning! Am I in love?

[warpedarrow]

I am happy for those of you with good internet.  My day is coming.

[TRAP]

Originally posted by 2ndTimeShooter:
Some of the limbs are quite dark which is of course beautiful. It has some stress lines and a tiny bit of clouding on one limb. OK, I think that's enough pics of this bow for now. Next time I'll post some of a BB 43# 64" KD I was lucky enough to get from a Tradgang    member... not Dave's.

I cringe every time I see a bow has been shipped in one of those triangular tubes from the post office. On more than one occasion this has been the result for me.

 

Yikes!!!!!

[TRAP]

I've been trying to decide on a vintage bow for turkey hunting this Spring. The Deluxe might be a good choice. Shoots great!!!!

 

 

A small thick leather pad under the bolt-on quiver keeps it from spinning around and making a donut shaped gouge on your beautiful Deluxe riser.

 

[2ndTimeShooter]

Trap that's a beautiful KD. I don't mean to hijack this thread so someone stop me if the topic is off. But here's the 43# KD I was fortunate enough to get from a Tradgang member who wasn't shooting it b/c it was too light for him.
Oops that didn't work. I'm trying to upload from Imgur, not sure how yet.

[2ndTimeShooter]

Think I'll stick with photobucket but my connection is slower right now so I'll have to do it later. I was going to show the differences in the grip between two KDs. One with I beam, one without. One much bigger than the other, also. Meanwhile I would be interested to see other peoples' KD grips, from the belly view at least.