My brother-in-law recently gave me his Bear Polar longbow which he purchased new in 1953 (to the best of his recall) The bow is in very nice condition, limbs are straight with only a few handling marks as far as I can see. The bow looks to have an osage handle with darker wood in the riser. The limbs are red glass. Serial # JH 109 64" 45# L. He also gave me 4 hunting arrows in their original Robin Hood box. Here are the issues: I am not interested in vintage Bear longbows so I have no idea what its value is. I am a right handled shooter, this is as lefty.  mruggiero48@yahoo.com Thanks


   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
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Regarding those arrows,you better check out this thread:
http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=14;t=005699

pm'ed you
I would trade a RH 62" Barr Apache 47#@28 for it
Cheers Kurt

PS That looks like a early Bear broad you have there

You cannot sell or trade anything on pow wow, read the rules, you need to move this to the classifieds.

OK Danny! Struck my last comment. My intention was to get information on the bow if or when I offered it for sale. I just don't know enough about these bows to post it for sale. Thanks

Kurtbel5, Thanks but I'd better take this to the classifieds when I'm ready to do something.

As far as getting info and history of this bow try going to the history and collector forum here on the site. A bunch of Bear "NUTS" over there who can help you know more about the bow you were lucky enough to get! Good Luck!!  

The Bear Razorhead  is a 1956 model- first year introduced.

Thanks to the administrators for the help and to you guys too. Please keep it coming.

You have a Polar made in 1959. If you shoot it you won't want to get rid of it. They are a very underrated bow.

You might want to inquire about those other 3 broadheads too.

Raghorn would be able to fill you in on those.

Those other 3 broadheads appear to be Hilbre heads. They are no longer made.