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Main Boards => Trad History/Collecting => Topic started by: Johnny Reb on April 29, 2010, 10:15:00 PM
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Ther was a add in the classified (I cant find it now) a guy had a take down bear that had been sighned by Fred Bear himself, said it was a green stipe bow, the picture showed a green stripe made into the riser.
I have never heard of one of these, can someone tell me more about these bows, I mean are they a rare bow ? and the signiture, since he signed it it must be worth considerably more.
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The Green Stripe takedown has picked up popularity recently. Believe it or not, it is a Gainesvile, FL bow and not a Grayling, MI bow. It was produced in the 80's. It is the only Gainesville bow in my collection.
Wonderfull shooter. Kinda pricey, but afterall it is a wooden Bear takedown.
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As Bill has said it is becaming collectible,for its beauty,performances and because it is the bow that Fred loved,designed and reintroduced in the 80s.It is the only Florida bow I have in my collection me too.
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Johnny Reb,
The '80's "Green Stripe" comes in various colors developed in the early '80's and the Brown Stripe developing in the mid to later '80's. The top 2 bows were made in early 2000; the middle is a Brown Striper made in the mid to late '80's and the bottom two are two versions of the Green Stripers. These bows used to sell used for under $500 but lately have gone up to about $650 to $750. Of coarse, one signed by Fred would go for a little more. Great bows but I still want an original that was made in Grayling from '69 to '71.
(http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w129/Trooper_026/00small27923804.jpg)
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another greenie bd (http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii175/bowdocsarchery/gs001-1.jpg)
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sight window side bd (http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii175/bowdocsarchery/gs002-1.jpg)
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And another...
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/fliksr/More%20Bows/dscn2611.jpg)
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and 2 more...
(http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b14/COVEJEEPSXJ/B-Handle-90s005.jpg)
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NNIIIIICE, I'd never heard of one, wow, they do have a certain appeal dont they.
It would be nice to have a bear take down, sounds like I need to do some home work on my bears, I had in mind the only take downs were made in the 60's and 70's. ( shows ya what I know)
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Here's the one I had up until a few days ago. Good buddy of mine wanted it though so it found a new home.
(http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k267/bowjack/IMG_4831.jpg)
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Were the 80s green stripes made in B length only?
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Any excuse to post a picture of my lefty Green Stripe. My trusty sidekick Sam doing the honors.
(http:// [url=http://images.imagelinky.com/1272681026.jpg] [img]http://images.imagelinky.com/1272681026.jpg)[/url] [/IMG]
Beautiful bow that I am so fortunate to own. Feels and shoots fantastic!!
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Orion,
Yes, the Green Stripes were only made in B handle. I'm not sure when the A handles came back but I image it was somewhere around the late '90's or early 2000. The top bow in my picture in my previous reply is an A handle made in 2001. The A handles are not made anymore. Bear is now just making the B handle in the Supreme Series. Sad!
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I would like to have a "green stripe" also. My reason is the grip. The ones I have handled seem to have a slimer grip. Not as slim as a Mag. but slimer than my "97". But it seems that now that I put one on my "A" list the demand is high.Guess That guy Murphy strikes agian.
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Thanks, Trooper.
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Here are the before and after pictures of a Green Stripe I got a week and a half ago.
Like opening a gift at Christmas to see what you got.
(http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k267/bowjack/IMG_5964.jpg)
In this case I was pretty happy!
(http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k267/bowjack/IMG_5969.jpg)
The limbs were supposed to be 45# and 55# but the 55# turned out to be 60#
(http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k267/bowjack/IMG_5973.jpg)