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Main Boards => Trad History/Collecting => Topic started by: Sal on November 20, 2011, 01:50:00 AM

Title: Somebody, please tell me what this is.
Post by: Sal on November 20, 2011, 01:50:00 AM

I can't figure it out:

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My guess is that it was used to place the tip of the bow on the top of the shoe.

Title: Re: Somebody, please tell me what this is.
Post by: nr on November 20, 2011, 09:06:00 AM

powder dispenser for a smoother release?

Title: Re: Somebody, please tell me what this is.
Post by: Jon Stewart on November 20, 2011, 09:50:00 AM

Yup, powder pouch used by tournament archers back in the day.  They sold anywhere from $1.50 to $3.50 each.  I have a couple of quivers with the pouch attached to them.  Archers would put baby powder in the pouch and then tap their glove/tab on the white sponge spot in the middle which released the powder on to the glove to give the archer a smoother release.

They also sold a smokers clip for a $1.00 which clipped to the quiver to hold the archers smoke while he was shooting.  The old catalogs are great to look at and compare prices and accessories with todays archery.

Title: Re: Somebody, please tell me what this is.
Post by: Sal on November 20, 2011, 03:20:00 PM

Thanks, my guess was way off.  Do they sell something similar now days, or have the tabs become better.

Title: Re: Somebody, please tell me what this is.
Post by: Jon Stewart on November 20, 2011, 06:25:00 PM

They were used by tournament archers and not so much by todays trad shooters. I haven't seen them in any of the newer catalogs.

Title: Re: Somebody, please tell me what this is.
Post by: PAPALAPIN on November 20, 2011, 07:39:00 PM

As is this one, you can find then occasionally on E8AY.

I would expect that Olympic trad shooters still use them.