Just recently I found these Ben Pearson shafts stored in my barn, that have been MIA for a good number of yrs.complete with Switchblade broadheads. Now as luck would have it they are perfectly spined to match my vintage Ben Pearson Silencer TD, as well as cut to fit my draw.
The thought of taking a deer with this vintage set would amazing, but the thought of loosing or destroying some great pieces of archery history also comes to mind.
Looking for your opinions on weather to hunt, or not hunt with these great old shafts and heads. (http://%20[url=http://images.imagelinky.com/1352664694.JPG%5D%20%5Bimg%5Dhttp://images.imagelinky.com/1352664694.JPG)[/url] [/IMG] (http://%20[url=http://images.imagelinky.com/1352664774.JPG%5D%20%5Bimg%5Dhttp://images.imagelinky.com/1352664774.JPG)[/url] [/IMG]
Save 6/hunt 6! Whether you lose some collector value or not wouldn't be as big a rush as using them to fill a tag!
I would shoot them. They aren't doing anybody any good just sitting in that box. Plus, as you alluded to, it would be really cool to get a deer with them!
Just my $.02.
Ray
I like owlbait's idea!
Bisch
I know some good people who put things away for a day that will probably never get here and for persons who will probably have no appreciation for them. That said here's what ole Possum would do. I would hang one on a MAN'S wall be it in a man cave or trophy room or such and display it with that cool lookin Ben Pearson carton label and I would see just how many deer I could kill with the rest of them! Really neat set of arras and I just love those old broadheads.
Do them justice! They were made to hunt. Free them from the box and let them do what they were made for! Keep 1 or 2 for collecting purposes and use the others!
SHOOT EM
Kill kill kill kill kill kill kill
QuoteOriginally posted by Bisch:
I like owlbait's idea!
Bisch
I agree........use them for what they meant for, keep 2-3 for old times sake!
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
the variations in spine and fortune...
For in that sleep of hunting, what deer may come?
QuoteOriginally posted by owlbait:
Save 6/hunt 6! Whether you lose some collector value or not wouldn't be as big a rush as using them to fill a tag!
Ditto
I buy weapons and ammo to hunt with... not to sit on shelves like heathen altars. If they're safe, use them for what they were intended for. My 2 cents for what it's worth...
Shoot them , as stated above that is what they were meant for. :archer2:
QuoteOriginally posted by buckeye_hunter:
Do them justice! They were made to hunt. Free them from the box and let them do what they were made for! Keep 1 or 2 for collecting purposes and use the others!
I'd do this.
Man that's cool. I'll go with the shoot 6, save 6 idea.
I don't know any broadhead collector that turns down a used head. That's what they are for and a little use doesn't hurt the collectability much.
Just don't sharpen them on the bench grinder. ;-)
Switchblades are well designed and constructed heads. Seems the most valued are the ones that were terrible designs . . . no one used them so they're rare.
BUT - a full box of heads with shafts does have more value than 12 loose shafts without the box. IF you can find a Pearson collector.
So, are you a hunter or a collector?
I use an original J.W. Hawksley powder flask when grouse hunting with a muzzleloading shotgun. Crazy to some, but I like it and it works great at what it was designed for.
Check foe brittle nocks. I have some oldies that needed that upgrade to ensure safety
they were made to be hunted. so, i'd hunt with 'em!
"they were made to be hunted. so, i'd hunt with 'em!"
X2
shoot 6 save six with pictures of the successes.
or shoot one and take the pictures.
Anything made is of no use anless you use it/them. Those arrows are really cool. The craftman that made them would want you to use them.
I picked up some really old cedar arrows tapered from nock to point with the 50s style Bear broadheads. I should have taken a picture of the pheasant and the turkey before we ate them. To answer your question: You should not hunt with that bow and those arrows. I like Switchblades and that Pearson has the kind of grip that works real nice for me, so I should hunt with that bow.
I would be tempted to make replicas and then just use a couple of those broadheads. you could later re- install the BH's or possibly find replacements.