It's not a Bear but I thought I would put it in the proto,experimental thread.It's a Cliff Coe Experimental take-down riser I got from him several years ago.Big difference from the Bear.
 

Here's one a little more relevant to this thread.I 've had this roughed out riser laying around for some time and never really paid much attention to it in detail until now.More interesting to see how the latches were installed since this one wasn't glued up yet.
But I noticed this has the fiberglass ending approx.1/34" from the latch.This would have become a C-riser as it is longer than my B.It did come from Bear.
 

Abear - Thanks for posting the photographs of the early production short glass T/D B Riser. Super nice!!!

John - All wood C Risers that I have ever seen have the glass ending well before the latches.

Come on with the pics of the short glass A riser.You guy's are makeing me look bad here.Who's got it now ??? John the last operation on the take downs was to glue in the socket.That was the final step to prevent scratching heck out them during finish sanding the risers and also prevented getting fuller plas.on the sockets while spraying.Pretty cool handle...bd

Wade,
I didn't know that about the glass on the C-handles.I don't have one to look at but I thought it looked like the B-risers that are on here.Oops,my bad.