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Main Boards => Trad History/Collecting => Topic started by: johnnyrazorhead on August 26, 2009, 11:01:00 AM
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It's raining cats and dogs here so while poking around in the ol' bow room I thought I would post up some pics of some 4-arrow leathertop bow quivers I have.The first has no Bear logo and no slot cut into the back for a bleeder blade,pre-razorhead I imagine.The second has the logo now but still no slot for the bleeder blade.The third has both the Bear logo and the slot.
I love these old Bear bow quivers and nothing looks better than one an old Kodiak in the fall woods.Fred,you da' man.
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e24/detroitdeerslyer/MVC-046S.jpg)
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e24/detroitdeerslyer/MVC-049S.jpg)
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Note also that they do not have the patent numbers like later models. I don’t know exactly when they appeared.
Simon
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As always thanks for sharing John! Do the changes follow a time line of some sort? any pics of one mounted on a bow?
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John-I'm sure there is some sort of timeline for them but I'm not sure when the changes occured.The 3-arrow scabbard quiver was patented I believe in 1946 and then the four arrow appeared I think in 1956.The razorhead made it's debut in 1955-56 so the slot in back would accomodate the bleeder blade.Don't know much else about them yet.I'll post a pic of one on a bow as soon as possible.
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Simon - You are probably already aware of this... below the logo, some 4-arrow quivers have 2 lines of text about patent information, and the most common ones have 5 lines of text.
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No. I was not aware of that. I’m not the logo expert yet, I’m getting there though. I’m keeping all the logo information I read. This small nook in the vast field of archery history is about all my little head can handle.
Simon
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John, Cool quivers!!!!
I agree they look good in the fall woods, but they also look okay in a Spring Turkey blind ;)
John C, here's a couple pics of them mounted.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa277/DUCK_TRAP/TurkeyHunting066.jpg)
A slotless on a 55 K
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa277/DUCK_TRAP/59Kodiak64inch55lb024.jpg)
Trap
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Trap-Nice pics.Yes,they do look good even in a spring turkey blind.
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Trap, That is one great looking set up! Thanks for sharing. Love seeing the pics.
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Few items of Bear Archery gear are more classic to the era in which they were offered than the various versions of the 3- and 4-arrow leather-top bowquivers. They symbolize, I think, both a connection to the past with their distinctive leather top and a leap into the future with their then state-of-the-art metal frame and mounting system. They were also offered in at least five chief styles. Each of those main styles was cataloged by Bear Archery as follows: (my paper Bear Archery catalogs go back only to 1947):
3-Arrow Single-Screw Leather Scabbard Bowquiver – 1947 to 1955
3-Arrow Single-Screw Open-Frame Bowquiver – 1956
4-Arrow Leather-Top Single-Screw Bowquiver – 1957 to 1971 (15 years)
4-Arrow Leather-Top Tape-On Bowquiver – 1957 to 1971 (15 years)
4-Arrow Leather-Top Double-Spring-Arm Bowquiver – 1965 to 1970 (just 6 years)
Here are some of those styles. From left to right are a 3-Arrow Single-Screw Leather Scabbard on a 1950 Bear Kodiak, a 4-Arrow Leather-Top Single-Screw (without insert-blade cutout) on a 1959 Kodiak, a 4-Arrow Leather-Top Single-Screw (top) and a 4-Arrow Leather-Top Tape-On (bottom), a 4-Arrow Leather-Top Double-Spring-Arm on a 1966 Kodiak and finally a 8-Arrow Plastic-Top Double-Spring-Arm on a 1969 Super Kodiak.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/TimberlineX/Trad82709A005.jpg)
Of all of these, the early 3-arrow and the slightly later 4-Arrow Leather-Top Single-Screw models seem the most collectable.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/TimberlineX/Trad82709A010.jpg)
In 1963 Bear Archery introduced the soon-to-become-popular 8-Arrow Plastic-Top Double-Spring-Arm Bowquiver. That, along with the 8-Arrow Plastic Top Single-Spring-Arm Converta Bowquiver were cataloged for many years.
8-Arrow Plastic-Top Double-Spring-Arm Bowquiver – 1963 to 1977 (15 years)
8-Arrow Plastic Top Single-Spring-Arm Converta Bowquiver – 1970 to 1985 (16 years)
Users today seem most interested on the 4-Arrow Leather-Top Double-Spring-Arm (shown here on a 1966 Kodiak) and the 8-Arrow Plastic-Top Double-Spring-Arm Bowquiver (shown on a 1969 Super Kodiak).
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/TimberlineX/Trad82709A011.jpg)
Bear Archery bowquivers remain a fascinating subset of collectable/historical Bear bowhunting gear.
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What a model has a interchangeble dexterity?I look for one that mach my 80's riser with a single thread on the riser and one for my Super Ks.Felix
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thank you for the quiver info. having the pics with the info makes it easy for me to understand. Very classy quivers.