Early Howatt bows made in approximately 1938.  Arrows are rare spiral footed design

 

Bear Archery "Grizzly" (1951)

Apollo "Martin" Bow (1950's) Aluminum takedown Made by Accles & Pollock Ltd. Oldsury, Birmingham, England Photo and information provided by Stan Siatkowski

 

Bear Archery (1960) original ad

 

Howatt Archery (1960) original ad

 

Wing Archery (1962) "Accra-lizer" with Accra-rest

York Archery (1964) "Constellation"

Groves Archery (1965)

Takedown Bows  (1972)

Takedown Bows (1972)

Sabo Archery "SSR" (1969) original ad Featured shoot thru design with one of the first "V" launch rests made of copper, steel  and plastic.

Glas-Lite takedown recurve (1969) "Bushwacker"  Mfg by Plas/Steel Products aluminum riser with glass limbs

 

Hit "Black Ace" recurve 72"

 

Norm Richards Archery Los Angeles, California "Fascination" & "Fantasitique" (1965)

 

Wing Archery (1967) "Presentation 1"

 

Wing Archery (1967) "Presentation 2"

 

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)

 

Ben Pearson Archery (1969) BP-H52, Pinto and Javelina

 

Bear Take-Down Bows (1971)

 

Sweeney prototype recurve 1972

 

Sanders "Sportsman" 1960's

 

Howatt Eldorado recurve bow (early 1970's) Each bow had a custom made pearl resin grip and flip rest

 

Bear (1970)

 

Indian Archery (1968) Stalker and Cheyenne

 

Indian Archery (1968) Seneca, Warrior and Cochise

 

Ben Pearson Take Down Bows Marauder TD (1973) Competitor TD (1970)

 

Stemmler Archery (1072) Turk, Tartar, Arabian and Hawk bows

 

Ben Pearson Archery (1973) "Centurion" 64" (shown with Martin Posi-Flip arrow rest)

 

Bear Archery (1973) Bear 76er Deluxe Bear 76er Custom

 

Bear Archery (1973) Victor Super Kokiak Victor Super Magnum "48"

 

Robin Hood Archery (1976)

 

Fasco Archery     San Diego. California   (1960)

 

Staghorn Archery (1960)

 

Hoyt Archery (1962)

 

Shakespeare Archery (1972)

 

Dickie Roberts TD2 Recurve Takedown Bow (1976)

 

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

 

Wing Archery (1972) 1-Presentation II  2-White Wing 3-Swift Wing

 

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.

 

Custom Mini-Recurve (made at Howatt Arhery) (1980's)

 

OK Sportbogen (1980) made in Germany

 

Bear Archery (1982) "Formula Gold"

 

Yamaha Archery (1987)

 

Yamaha Archery (1987) EX Two-Toned Handle and Ceramics Carbon limbs

 

Browning Folding Bow (photos by Tom Lemme, Lemme's Archery)

 

Browning Archery Firedrake and Wasp bows (1989)

 

Filippo Donadoni recurve bow

 

Bill Stewart Archery (1993)

 

Stotler Archery (1993)

 

Bear Archery "76er" (1976) One of the largest selling bows. Sold in many stores for $24.95 Magnesium riser with solid fiberglass limbs

 

Sky Archery (take-down) (1993) Earl Hoyt

 

Limb repair instructions (Yamaha 1987)