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Main Boards => Trad History/Collecting => Topic started by: hardbern on November 02, 2016, 10:58:00 AM

Title: A conundrum: 1960's US bows contemporary with UK's Marksman bows
Post by: hardbern on November 02, 2016, 10:58:00 AM

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The 1966 "full" line-up of Marksman "Forest" bows: King, Knight, Prince, Princess & Ranger.
These bow's were brought to market in: '59 - (original, not sure if or how revised later) Ranger; '64 - Knight; '65 - Princess; '66 - King & Prince.
In a recently acquired brochure, there are hand-written annotations which name contemporary(?) US bow models, wherein lies the conundrum:
- were these the bows that the Marksman models were "derived" from?
- were these the bows that were seen as the nearest US competitors?
- any other answers?
Heres a pics of some of those Marksman bows:
    (https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/14925780_1198175916935882_7073862031531599086_n.jpg?oh=eb11f29779e9f78e1975c47214c1d956&oe=58940A55)
L->R: Forest Knight, Forest Knight, Forest Princess, Princess, Forest Ranger, Forest Ranger, Ranger.
See:    FB album - 1966 Marksman conundrum (https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1198173560269451.1073741942.100002304553118&type=1&l=a671708ef5)

Title: Re: A conundrum: 1960's US bows contemporary with UK's Marksman bows
Post by: Larry m on November 03, 2016, 09:27:00 PM

Certainly makes one wonder about the collaboration across the pond back in the day.

Some Nice bows with clean lines!   :)