4-arrow Bear bow quivers

[johnnyrazorhead]

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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[johnnyrazorhead]

[Novaln1975]

Note also that they do not have the patent numbers like later models. I don't know exactly when they appeared.

Simon

[jcar315]

As always thanks for sharing John! Do the changes follow a time line of some sort? any pics of one mounted on a bow?

[johnnyrazorhead]

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.

[Wade Phillips]

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.

[Novaln1975]

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

[TRAP]

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.



A slotless on a 55 K



Trap

[johnnyrazorhead]

Trap-Nice pics.Yes,they do look good even in a spring turkey blind.

[jcar315]

Trap, That is one great looking set up! Thanks for sharing. Love seeing the pics.

[TimberlineX]

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.

     

Of all of these, the early 3-arrow and the slightly later 4-Arrow Leather-Top Single-Screw models seem the most collectable.

     

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).

       

Bear Archery bowquivers remain a fascinating subset of collectable/historical Bear bowhunting gear.

[cacciatore]

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

[jcar315]

thank you for the quiver info. having the pics with the info makes it easy for me to understand. Very classy quivers.