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Title: Bear arrows cira 1960
Post by: M60gunner on June 22, 2016, 11:25:00 PM

Help please, trying to find out what Bear offered for arrows in 1960. I did a search but no answers or pics. I am doing a retro quiver and would like to make arrows to match. I know alum was around and fiberglass and wood but what was most common?

Title: Re: Bear arrows cira 1960
Post by: wadde on June 23, 2016, 08:43:00 AM

The arrows available in the 1960 catalog were 24srt-x aluminum and micro-flite which were both three fletched with solid shield cut 3 1/2" feathers. and there was bear glass and the cedar arrows were cedar king-three fletched with 5 inch barred and white shafts, cedar chief-three fletched with 5 inch barred and blue shafts and cedar sprite-three fletched with 5 inch barred and varnished shafts. All arrows had some cresting as well.

Title: Re: Bear arrows cira 1960
Post by: M60gunner on June 23, 2016, 10:50:00 AM

Wadde, thank you for the info. I have seen some pictures of the wood arrows but there was no date for the catalog the pic was from. Thanks agian.

Title: Re: Bear arrows cira 1960
Post by: Phil Magistro on June 23, 2016, 11:42:00 AM

If you do a search on the big auction site for Vintage Bear Arrows you'll see examples.

Title: Re: Bear arrows cira 1960
Post by: 59Alaskan on June 23, 2016, 12:04:00 PM

You can buy a CD with the catalogs by year from 3 Rivers.  It helps with stuff like this for sure

Title: Re: Bear arrows cira 1960
Post by: TRAP on June 23, 2016, 12:09:00 PM

 (http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa277/DUCK_TRAP/1960BearArrows.jpg) (http://s198.photobucket.com/user/DUCK_TRAP/media/1960BearArrows.jpg.html)

Title: Re: Bear arrows cira 1960
Post by: TRAP on June 23, 2016, 10:52:00 PM

Trying to reproduce vintage arrows is fun.
Here's a few sets of 1960 Bear arrows I've made up in the past.

   (http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa277/DUCK_TRAP/ARCHERY4SALE003.jpg) (http://s198.photobucket.com/user/DUCK_TRAP/media/ARCHERY4SALE003.jpg.html)

   (http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa277/DUCK_TRAP/LaborDayWeekend2010075.jpg) (http://s198.photobucket.com/user/DUCK_TRAP/media/LaborDayWeekend2010075.jpg.html)

   (http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa277/DUCK_TRAP/KSD014.jpg) (http://s198.photobucket.com/user/DUCK_TRAP/media/KSD014.jpg.html)

Title: Re: Bear arrows cira 1960
Post by: 59Alaskan on June 24, 2016, 05:43:00 AM

I have seen Daryls work...beautiful!

The white cedar kings he made for me were fabulous.

Here is a set of Bear reproductions from the either the 1959 or 1962 catalog made by Matt Gundock.  I don't recall which year it was from at the moment
   (http://i1192.photobucket.com/albums/aa337/ceme24/ebb2d096.jpg) (http://s1192.photobucket.com/user/ceme24/media/ebb2d096.jpg.html)

Title: Re: Bear arrows cira 1960
Post by: Ray Lyon on June 25, 2016, 07:04:00 AM

Great job on the arrows.

Title: Re: Bear arrows cira 1960
Post by: Phil Magistro on June 25, 2016, 08:15:00 AM

I'll say. Very nice!

Title: Re: Bear arrows cira 1960
Post by: TRAP on June 29, 2016, 08:54:00 AM

I love that color combo Colin.

Title: Re: Bear arrows cira 1960
Post by: 59Alaskan on June 29, 2016, 10:50:00 AM

I do too.  I remember now where I saw them.  DirtyBird here on TG had a 1959 Bear Alsakan Hunting Package for sale - unused a few years ago.  It included arrows, bow, target, etc...

He lives near me, as does Matt Gundock.  I really liked the arrows in that package.  Matt met DirtyBird and measured out the arrows - cresting etc...and these are the resulting replicas.

Matt also modified a 3R Swift cutter to get the fletch very close to the original fletch style.