Today I picked up an old hunting set that included the original J.C. Higgins (Sears) box.
(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d108/lwscott/jc-1.jpg)
Inside the box were 6 cedar arrows with some "mystery" broadheads, a fiberglass takedown 50# Ben Pearson bow and a brochure dated 1954.
(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d108/lwscott/jc-2.jpg)
(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d108/lwscott/jc-4.jpg)
Ben Pearson bow and broadheads.Thats some pretty cool stuff there Lon.bowdoc
Anyone familiar with the broadhead? The only marking was a patent #.
(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d108/lwscott/jc-3.jpg)
Cool find Lon! I love it when someone I sorta know gets ahold of a keeper. I've forgotten the name of the heads but Pearson sold a bunch of them before the deadhead and switchblade models came along. Looks kinda "ribtek"y don't it?
Grant
yap Ben Pearson 4X4 .bowdoc
Cool find there Lon.
You got it "right" too, if I remember.
cool find!
From the photo, a Ben Pearson instruction booklet on how to shoot, etc. accompanied the archery set. J. C. Higgins also produced a small archery handbook providing basic instructions on how to shoot, etc. Nice acquisition!
Lon -
Your broadhead is the common 2.50" 4x4 Sloped Shoulder Ben Pearson broadhead shown on page B-15-2 in "Broadheads 1871-1971 Identification and Rarity Guide, Second Edition".
I believe the entire outfit (except perhaps the box) was made by Ben Pearson for J.C. Higgins including the T/D bow and the arrows.