It's raining cats and dogs here so while poking around in the ol' bow room I thought I would post up some pics of some 4-arrow leathertop bow quivers I have.The first has no Bear logo and no slot cut into the back for a bleeder blade,pre-razorhead I imagine.The second has the logo now but still no slot for the bleeder blade.The third has both the Bear logo and the slot.
I love these old Bear bow quivers and nothing looks better than one an old Kodiak in the fall woods.Fred,you da' man.
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Note also that they do not have the patent numbers like later models. I don't know exactly when they appeared.
Simon
As always thanks for sharing John! Do the changes follow a time line of some sort? any pics of one mounted on a bow?
John-I'm sure there is some sort of timeline for them but I'm not sure when the changes occured.The 3-arrow scabbard quiver was patented I believe in 1946 and then the four arrow appeared I think in 1956.The razorhead made it's debut in 1955-56 so the slot in back would accomodate the bleeder blade.Don't know much else about them yet.I'll post a pic of one on a bow as soon as possible.
Simon - You are probably already aware of this... below the logo, some 4-arrow quivers have 2 lines of text about patent information, and the most common ones have 5 lines of text.
No. I was not aware of that. I'm not the logo expert yet, I'm getting there though. I'm keeping all the logo information I read. This small nook in the vast field of archery history is about all my little head can handle.
Simon
John, Cool quivers!!!!
I agree they look good in the fall woods, but they also look okay in a Spring Turkey blind ;)
John C, here's a couple pics of them mounted.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa277/DUCK_TRAP/TurkeyHunting066.jpg)
A slotless on a 55 K
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Trap
Trap-Nice pics.Yes,they do look good even in a spring turkey blind.
Trap, That is one great looking set up! Thanks for sharing. Love seeing the pics.
Few items of Bear Archery gear are more classic to the era in which they were offered than the various versions of the 3- and 4-arrow leather-top bowquivers. They symbolize, I think, both a connection to the past with their distinctive leather top and a leap into the future with their then state-of-the-art metal frame and mounting system. They were also offered in at least five chief styles. Each of those main styles was cataloged by Bear Archery as follows: (my paper Bear Archery catalogs go back only to 1947):
3-Arrow Single-Screw Leather Scabbard Bowquiver – 1947 to 1955
3-Arrow Single-Screw Open-Frame Bowquiver – 1956
4-Arrow Leather-Top Single-Screw Bowquiver – 1957 to 1971 (15 years)
4-Arrow Leather-Top Tape-On Bowquiver – 1957 to 1971 (15 years)
4-Arrow Leather-Top Double-Spring-Arm Bowquiver – 1965 to 1970 (just 6 years)
Here are some of those styles. From left to right are a 3-Arrow Single-Screw Leather Scabbard on a 1950 Bear Kodiak, a 4-Arrow Leather-Top Single-Screw (without insert-blade cutout) on a 1959 Kodiak, a 4-Arrow Leather-Top Single-Screw (top) and a 4-Arrow Leather-Top Tape-On (bottom), a 4-Arrow Leather-Top Double-Spring-Arm on a 1966 Kodiak and finally a 8-Arrow Plastic-Top Double-Spring-Arm on a 1969 Super Kodiak.
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Of all of these, the early 3-arrow and the slightly later 4-Arrow Leather-Top Single-Screw models seem the most collectable.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/TimberlineX/Trad82709A010.jpg)
In 1963 Bear Archery introduced the soon-to-become-popular 8-Arrow Plastic-Top Double-Spring-Arm Bowquiver. That, along with the 8-Arrow Plastic Top Single-Spring-Arm Converta Bowquiver were cataloged for many years.
8-Arrow Plastic-Top Double-Spring-Arm Bowquiver – 1963 to 1977 (15 years)
8-Arrow Plastic Top Single-Spring-Arm Converta Bowquiver – 1970 to 1985 (16 years)
Users today seem most interested on the 4-Arrow Leather-Top Double-Spring-Arm (shown here on a 1966 Kodiak) and the 8-Arrow Plastic-Top Double-Spring-Arm Bowquiver (shown on a 1969 Super Kodiak).
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/TimberlineX/Trad82709A011.jpg)
Bear Archery bowquivers remain a fascinating subset of collectable/historical Bear bowhunting gear.
What a model has a interchangeble dexterity?I look for one that mach my 80's riser with a single thread on the riser and one for my Super Ks.Felix
thank you for the quiver info. having the pics with the info makes it easy for me to understand. Very classy quivers.