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Main Boards => Trad History/Collecting => Topic started by: Tom Phillips on March 19, 2009, 03:50:00 PM
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I am wondering if anyone can verify the years BEAR ARCHERY produced the "NORTHWOODS" quiver and how many different variations did they produce ?
Thank You
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You should just sell that one you have to me and let me worry about it Tom. LOL
I know they produced one in 1960.
And I think there were some made in the 40s as well.
Wade will be along to add info I'm sure.
Trap
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Tom, check out the last post by wade Phillips on the thread titled "Quivering with Anticipation" right below this one.
Trap
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Tom – I have Bear documentation from 1941 through 1954 that proves different models of the original Tube Style Northwoods were available for those years. The 12 original Northwoods that appear in the upper right hand corner of this photograph include many of the quivers that are actually pictured in the Bear Documentation from 1941-1954. For some time, I have been documenting Bear Leather Hunting Quivers 1933-1971, but I do not have a completion date for this work.
I also have one model that is very easily recognized as being noticeably different, it is not shown in this photograph, that example is the rarest of all Northwoods.
Not sure what you mean by “variation”. If you are looking for documentation for every leather variation of the Northwoods, this photograph would be far from having every example of those variations.
The later Open Back Northwoods shown in the lower right corner has the Northwoods, name but is a much later quiver and much different design. I just sent an extra of this later Northwoods to Trap.
(http://i386.photobucket.com/albums/oo301/WadePhillips/0BEARQ-2.jpg)
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you need to forget about double D trapaziod and send that quiver to your dad son.Thanks your father Ph.D.Archer Bowman
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damn it Wade I see another old friend of mine in your collection.Thats pretty cool to see the stuff years later.Do you recall the last quiver you purchased from me via gbay ? bowdoc
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Doc - I don't recall which quiver that was... help this old man remember... I'm sure it was a good one...
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Oh, yes, it was a Nimrod... Let's see, that Baby Chit Brown colored one if I remember correctly ??
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Wade,
Thank You very much for the info and picture of amazing display.
On another note have you ever seen a BEAR back quiver that was made of dyed RED leather with black stitching ?
Thanks Again for info.
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Tom - Don't recall a red quiver with black stitching. What model quiver is it?
At one point bear advertised any custom colored leather quiver could be ordered. I don't remember the exact year without doing a search. I just made a note of that and will include that information in the completed work about Bear quivers.
Hey, we all need to remember that Bear was in the business of making money by selling archery tackle. If you gave them enough money, they would make it...
Glad you like the display. I have a few more Bear quivers to add to it. Just another thing I should be doing rather than being online goofing off like this...
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1960 northwoodsnimrodStCharles style in the dead middle of the bottom bottom row righthand side of the pic.The sweade looking finish in the rust orange colored one I believe it was ??? bowdoc
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Doc - I have had several of those 1960 Open Bottom Northwoods over the years in both lengths.
In my never ending quest to upgrade condition I have bought and sold several times the number of quivers in the photograph. All collectors are crazy.
I don't remember where I got that particular quiver. I was thinking I paid about $600 in an auction for it. Does that sound right to you? I'll have to check my records on that one. Probably needed to have my head checked on that one too.
It was the Final Upgrade for the Long Open Bottom 1960 Northwoods. It is unused and like new... It doesn't have any bow dust on it. If I did get it from you, I'm surprised I did not have you sign it. But that may have been before you became so famous...
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Yes that may have been the one.I sold you one in around 1999-2000 and another style I can not recall in around 2005 somewhere in there.
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I hope you invested that money in old bows, and not the stock market...
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Wade,
The RED Bear back quiver had no pockets or concho's,knife sheath or pencil holder just standard back quiver with INDIAN in canoe embossed on it.
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hey Tom you got that camera and pc working together yet ? oop no I guess not huh ? email me the pics of the quiver and I can load them for you...you know as soon as I get to your house in June for our bear hunting trip I'am gonna have to fix your camera and pc...bowdoc
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Tom - Sounds like the red quiver might be a Blackhawk. They have a plain trim around the top about 2" tall. 1950-56 plain stitching around the cuff. From 57 and after made with fancy stitching about the cuff.
The black quiver and the one to the right are the two variations of the Blackhawk. Some of these quivers need to go into the display.
(http://i386.photobucket.com/albums/oo301/WadePhillips/BLKHAWK.jpg)
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Don......I believe I have that quiver...pic's to follow on fri.
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The Blackhawk is the style it is Wade,THANK YOU.I also have one in Black like the one in your pic.
Tom
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Don, This is the one,2nd>R , with some 56 Bear's :thumbsup:
(http://i444.photobucket.com/albums/qq170/mibowman/DSCN1902.jpg)
(http://i444.photobucket.com/albums/qq170/mibowman/DSCN1898.jpg)
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that would be her Bill.Wade got the other model around that same time.Thats neat to see the old gal again.Thank you Bill for shareing that one with us...bowdoc
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You bet Don.....They really get a look over when I have them hanging at the shows.They are a nice design. JK
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I hunted with a StCharles quiver one year and full of 12-13 arrows man are they ever a load on your back.bowdoc
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Has anyone seen a Nimrod Cuff like this before? Look at this listing number on big site, and check out the back of Cuff. # 371129510995
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It's identical to the quiver I bought off the same site a few weeks back. They could be littermates.
EDIT: Oops, I wrote too hastily. Now I see a difference on the back of the cuff, probably what you're referring to. Mine has no long cutaways like the one you cite.
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Littermates! Lol
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Charles, this cuff has a button on the back. I first thought it could be for a loop attached to the bottom of Storm cap which would have made sense. I sent Wade off an E mail. He has not seen a Storm cap with lower loop. They do have one on the top of Cap. Maybe next idea could be to hang that off quiver? No clue, and it's a guessing game right now. None of the Catalogs that I have searched through are showing a button on the back of cuff like this one. Enjoying the research ;-)
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Could it be that there are Storm Caps out there with a snap on the lower back edge?