Vintage Bear Arrows

[Bounty Hunter]

#3090

I’ve been trying to copy some vintage Bear Archery arrows and wanted some opinions on the first couple examples I made. What do you think, am I there or do I need to go back to the drawing board.

[Killdeer]

#17284

That second arrow looks good, it FEELS like the ’60s. (And I hear that I grew up in them.) The fluorescent green on the number one arrow looks too contemporary. Or is that a color cast in the picture?
For a COPY, as opposed to going with the feeling, dyed wild turkey feathers will seal the deal. So far, I have been too lazy to do that.:oops:

That being said, I would be proud to go afield with a quiver of either of them. You have excellent skills as a fletcher.
Killdeer

[FUBAR]

#17300

I concur with killdeer. First one seems a little too flourestant. Of course I am FAR from an expert. They look good though

[SteveMcD]

#17315

Look great! But, I also concur with Kildeer.

[William Warren]

#17355

Yeah Killdeer nailed it. Now you need some of the dark green razor heads.

[Bounty Hunter]

#17463

Thanks everyone for the comments they are appreciated!!! The first arrow is a yellow dip, but I’ll agree the picture does make it look somewhat a fluorescent green or lime. It is gloss paint and the flash does changes some of the colors. The cresting on that arrow is green and brown, but the brown appears to be charcoal or grayish in the pictures.

[wildschwein]

#17464

Probably a really dumb question, but by Bear arrows did you mean Bear built custom arrows, or did they produce arrows of that quality as a regular product?

[Bounty Hunter]

#17817

Wildschwein wrote: Probably a really dumb question, but by Bear arrows did you mean Bear built custom arrows, or did they produce arrows of that quality as a regular product?

I was talking about arrows made by Bear Archery back in the 40s, 50s and 60s. Not sure you would call them custom, they were a production set of arrows that came in a dozen with 6 having field points and 6 having Bear Razorheads on them.

[wildschwein]

#17919

Man I wish Bear Archery still offered them in their lineup. If they looked even half as good as the arrows you fletched, with Razorheads included, they must have been one heck of a deal. Maybe one day they will bring them back.

[Bounty Hunter]

#17922

In the late 60s early 70s a dozen went for $20-$25 and they did look good, really good. Of course $25 dollars then is closer to $250 now. I remember getting my first dozen at a Western Auto store as there weren’t any archery shops or sporting goods stores then, but most hardware stores sold hunting a fishing supplies. Ahhhhh the good ole days.

[turok]

#18206

Nice job bountyhunter; makes me think back to the day when my Dad came home with a box of bear arrows, kind of a light mud color with red/gold cresting and red and yellow feathers with the old green bear razorheads. Still have a few of those around.
thanks for the memory jog

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