And you thought yew staves are expensive now

[oldgriz]

OOPS... double posted instead of editing... so removing the first post...

[oldgriz]

Originally posted by oldgriz:
I was just reading my Legends of the Longbow copy of Ye Sylvan Archer.
In the 1929 issue there is an advertisement for yew staves and billets...
Top quality full length staves were $10.00 ea
Top quality billets were $5.50 each...
I went online and found an inflation calculator and this is what those staves would cost in today's cash
Full length staves $121.84
Billets $67.00
Looks like the prices have not changed all that much.
But the real kicker was arrows...
$13.00/dz for customs then.... that's $158.40 today
This is the inflation calculator I used
Inflation Calulator  

[kennym]

Sshhhh,you'll have prices goin up! LOL

Googled yew staves and took the first site I saw,yew staves $200,billets $100

Wonder when soybeans are gonna kick in??? They oughta be $25-$30 a bushel by now!!

[Hot Hap]

Yes but that was before the stock market crash in Oct. Wonder what the 1930 price was? Hap

[ncboman]

about five bucks a cord.

[oldgriz]

Originally posted by Hot Hap:
Yes but that was before the stock market crash in Oct. Wonder what the 1930 price was? Hap

124.76 for staves
68.62 for billets
162.19 for the arrows