Norm Richards Archery
Los Angeles, California
"Fascination" & "Fantasitique"
(1965)
Bear Kodiak Magnum (1962) 52"
Sweeney prototype recurve 1972
Bear Archery (1973)
Victor Super Kokiak
Victor Super Magnum "48"
Bear (1984)
Saunders Cutaway Clearance Sight Windows 1960's
Wing Archery (1967)
"Presentation 1"
Yamaha Archery (1987)
EX Two-Toned Handle and Ceramics Carbon limbs
Filippo Donadoni recurve bow
Bear (1984)
Custom Kodiak, Kodiak &
Fred Bear Take-Down Longbow
Bill Stewart Archery (1993)
Browning Folding Bow
(photos by Tom Lemme, Lemme's Archery)
Browning Folding Bow
(photos by Tom Lemme, Lemme's Archery)
Bear Archery (1973)
Bear 76er Deluxe
Bear 76er Custom
Bear Archery (1982)
"Formula Gold"
Sabo Archery "SSR" (1969) original ad
Featured shoot thru design with one of the first "V" launch rests made of copper, steel and plastic.
Robin Hood Archery (1976)
Fred Bear, Katie Smith and Terry Martin
at the Anderson Bowhunter Clinic
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Earl Hoyt and Ann Weber Hoyt in Vegas 1978
Bear Archery "76er" (1976)
One of the largest selling bows.
Sold in many stores for $24.95
Magnesium riser with solid fiberglass limbs
Shakespeare Archery (1972)
Indian Archery (1968)
Stalker and Cheyenne
Wing Archery (1967)
"Presentation 2"
Bear Cub (1962) 60"
Groves Archery (1965)
Custom Mini-Recurve
(made at Howatt Arhery) (1980's)
Takedown Bows (1972)
Hoyt Archery (1962)
Indian bow, Bow & Arrow, March/April 1969
Ben Pearson Archery (1973)
"Centurion" 64" (shown with Martin Posi-Flip arrow rest)
Sky Archery (take-down) (1993)
Earl Hoyt
Stemmler Archery (1072)
Turk, Tartar, Arabian and Hawk bows
Yamaha Archery (1987)
Ben Pearson Take Down Bows
Marauder TD (1973)
Competitor TD (1970)
Slotted Recurve Bow, Archery World, February 1983
Bear Archery "Grizzly" (1951)
Wing Slim Line, Bow & Arrow, August 1971
Glas-Lite takedown recurve (1969)
"Bushwacker"
Mfg by Plas/Steel Products
aluminum riser with glass limbs
Howatt Archery (1960) original ad
York Archery (1964)
"Constellation"
Killian Recurve
Wing Archery "Slim Line" (1971)
Bear Polar (1962) 66"
Bear Archery (1960) original ad
Limb repair instructions (Yamaha 1987)
Wing Archery (1972)
1-Presentation II
2-White Wing
3-Swift Wing
Bear Grizzly (1962) 60"
Staghorn Archery (1960)
The take down hunting bows, Archery World, July 1972
Stotler Archery
(1993)
Hit "Black Ace" recurve 72"
Jim Easton on the cover of Archery Magazine (1977)
Sherri Schrull shown shooting a Shakespeare Golden Eagle Bow
For information and subcribtion to Archery Magazine
www.nfaa-archery.org
Bear Kodiak (1962) 60"
Checkmate Take-down Recurve
Bear Archery (1982)
Bear "Special Limited Numbered Edition" Take Down
Autographed by Fred Bear (1980)
Includes 22 karat gold plated limb mounts, clear glass and custom display box.The limbs are Yew wood with clear glass. The Yew for these bows was cut and seasoned by Earl Ulrich, at age 91. Earl selected Yew for bows all his life in the high mountains of Oregon The riser is made of Brazilian Rosewood with decorative fiberglas tips.
Sanders "Sportsman"
1960's
Dickie Roberts TD2
Recurve Takedown Bow (1976)
Bear Kodiak Special (1962)
63", 66" & 69"
Fasco Archery
San Diego. California (1960)
Hunting Bows, Bow & Arrow, October 1973
OK Sportbogen (1980)
made in Germany
Howatt Eldorado recurve bow
(early 1970's)
Each bow had a custom made pearl resin grip and flip rest
Early Howatt bows made in approximately 1938.
Arrows are rare spiral footed design
Apollo "Martin" Bow (1950's)
Aluminum takedown
Made by Accles & Pollock Ltd. Oldsury, Birmingham, England
Photo and information provided by Stan Siatkowski
Structure of an early composite bow
Wing Archery (1962)
"Accra-lizer" with Accra-rest
Sabo SSR recurve bow (1969-70) shows earliest versions of "V" launch arrow rest. The Sabo rest was made in several versions. Some finger shooters drilled the side sight window plate and installed Hoyt adjustable side rest.
(Photo is from a 1970 Sabo ad)
Black Widow (silver anniversary)
Model M-A Takedown (1983)
Made with solid brass limb and handle
inserts and bushings, clear glass.
Adirondack Dou-Flex Bow, Bow & Arrow, August, 1971
The take down hunting bows, Archery World, July 1972
Convert Recurves, Archery World, November 1976
Ben Pearson Archery (1959)
Saunders Cutaway Clearance Sight Windows 1960's
Takedown Bows (1972)
Ben Pearson Archery (1969)
BP-H52, Pinto and Javelina
Wing Archery (1969) 1-Presentation II, 2-Presentation I, 3-White Wing, 4-Swift Wing, 5-Silver Wing, 6-Thunderbird, 7-Chaparral, 8-Red Wing Hunter, 9-Gull, 10-Falcon, 11- Nighthawk