A friend of mine picked up this bow at a garage sale. Any guesses on the maker (I know Sears didn't make bows), I've not seen one with the wood and glass combination.
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No stress cracks or holes, just a few paint specks and alot of dirt.
The limb glass color in the last pic is pretty close. The tips look like a cross between the old wings and bears.
Ben Pearson??? I recently picked up a JC Higgins archery set and the bow had a Ben Pearson label. However, I suppose Sears used various makers for their archery equipment.
BTW, that's a cool looking bow. Is that zebra wood?
I believe it is zebra wood. It looks a somewhat like a pearson colt, but the lines aren't quite right. I'd like to figure it out. It is cool looking, but not my style.
I am pretty sure that is an Indian Archery bow.
I've not seen many Indian Archery bows, excepting the hunting bow types you find on the auction site. I'll try and check them out. Thanks.
Looks to be a Ben Pearson.
I have two votes as pearson and one as indian archery. After looking at archeryhistory.com, I still cannot find anything exactly like it. My reason for looking is that I won't keep this bow and I'd like to be able to tell interested parties what it is. Once I find out, I'll either sell it or put it in the St. Judes Auction.
It is not a pearson evean going back to the golden sovereign series or the conquerors series it doesnt even come close
What about 68 or so American archery. Got to Archery Archives.
I'm with selfbow it could be an american
Selfbow, I think you've got it. Thanks for your help. The green glass is probably just for Sears. I'm bringing it to a shoot tomorrow to let Lamont Granger from the Footed Shaft in Rochester take a look and see what he thinks. I'm guessing he's seen a version of every bow commercially made in the last 50 or more years.