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Title: Tamerlane?
Post by: wingnut on March 09, 2011, 05:58:00 PM
Why did Bear name there bow Tamerlane?

Mike
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Post by: OldSkoolArcher on March 09, 2011, 07:47:00 PM
From the 1963 Catalog: "named for the mighty Mongol conqueror and skillful bowman"

 (http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b14/COVEJEEPSXJ/Tamerlane.jpg)
Title: Re: Tamerlane?
Post by: bow'narrow on March 12, 2011, 12:28:00 PM
In the 50's, the Tamerlane was winning lots of tournaments.  A conqueror's name was appropriate.
Title: Re: Tamerlane?
Post by: bow'narrow on March 12, 2011, 12:29:00 PM
In the 50's, the Tamerlane was winning lots of tournaments.  A conqueror's name was appropriate.
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Post by: TonyW on March 13, 2011, 07:36:00 PM
Alas, lest we forget, that jolly old Tamerlane had a dark side that makes Saddam look like Mother Teresa ...

Wherever Timur appeared, writes the Arab historian Zaid Vosifi, "blood poured from people as from vessels," and "the sky was the color of a field of tulips." Timur himself would stand at the head of each and every expedition, overseeing everything himself. Those whom he conquered he ordered beheaded. He ordered towers built from their skulls, and walls and roads. He supervised the progress of the work himself. He ordered the stomachs of merchants ripped open and searched for gold. He himself supervised the process to ensure they were being searched diligently. He ordered his adversaries and opponents poisoned. He prepared the potions himself. He carried the standard of death, and this mission absorbed him for half the day.
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Post by: Hit-or-Miss on March 13, 2011, 08:24:00 PM
Funny thing is, I had no use for this target bow, that is until i read TONYW's post! Now I want one...LOL!!!!
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Post by: damascusdave on March 13, 2011, 11:04:00 PM
Check out the nice 67 HC30 on ****.

Had I not just given Jim my bow budget for the next year I would be adding it to my arsenal as well.

Buy with confidence that what you see is what you get. I bought the 60 Kodiak without even reading his description I was so confident in its desirability.

DDave
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Post by: bow'narrow on March 14, 2011, 06:03:00 PM
We could clone Timur, send him to Afghanistan,  and put an end to the situation there.
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Post by: wingnut on March 16, 2011, 12:07:00 PM
Yep it's kinda weird that they would name a target bow after such a blood thirsty individual.  It's a cool bow though.

Thanks,

Mike
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Post by: d. ward on March 16, 2011, 12:18:00 PM
WN I know things would get straightend out .... bd
Title: Re: Tamerlane?
Post by: vintage-bears on March 21, 2011, 04:08:00 PM
Works of art. That's what they are!