Ben Pearson Arrow Reproductions

[TRAP]

Hey all, I've always been fascinated by the simple lines of Vintage Ben Pearson arrows so I thought I'd take a crack at reproducing a few.  

I found the nocks in a bag of goodies several years ago and I think they are Ben Pearson nocks. The broadhead is a very common 6X6 Ben Pearson head.  I bought a bag of older full length barred feathers from a guy on the big auction site.  They have "browned up" nicely over time.

I know many of you collectors have run across these old Ben Pearson arrows.  Please feel free to post pics if you have some.

Simple lines from a simpler time. 1940s Ben Pearson Repros
 

Trap

[Larry m]

Very Nice Trap!
I have heard it said before that less is more and that certainly applies here. Nice eye appeal.
How about the specs on the tapered shaft?

[TRAP]

Thanks Larry,

55-60 Acme Premiums with a 10" taper. Total arrow weight with head is 475 gn.

Was intending to enter three of these in the Michigan Longbow Association"s National Arrow Contest but my daughters all think they are way to plain to compete.  LOL, they are probably right.  I'll just keep em and display them here

Trap

[wooddamon1]

Those are nice! I'd like to see some from the time my Cougar was made, maybe I'll whip up some repros to shoot from it when I get it all spruced up.

[Larry m]

My Broadhead id skills are not up to par with most here but a quick look at Wades book under Pearson and this looks like the 4x4 Slps Date 1953 #0179.000. Perhaps someone can confirm but the arrow has similar qualities to your repro.  

[Sal]

And a real midnock to boot!

[TRAP]

Do you know where I can find more Midnocks Sal?

Trap

[Hobow]

Nice job Trap!  I think that Larry said it best, sometimes less is more.  I too am a fan of the simple beauty of the old Pearson arrows not to mention they are of very high quality.

Brad

[Larry m]

Can we get a close up shot of the midnock?

Nice Brad!!!!

[Hobow]

Thanks Larry!  

Here are pics of some 5/16" Mid Nox without a raised indicator compared to the nock on my old red Pearson arrow pictured above.

Brad

[TRAP]

Great Pics Brad!!!!

Thank You and I agree Ben Pearson arrows were very high quality.

Thanks for the info on the nock. Are you aware of other arrow manufacturers that used them?  

Trap

[Hobow]

Thanks Trap!

Pearson's old footed and tapered shafts are incredible, I had a lead fall through (so far) on a bag of NOS shafts although I am not giving up on them...

The feathers on the red early 40's arrow are 5.75 inches long and 5/8" tall at the tallest point 3/4's of the way down the feather before tapering off to 1/2" tall at the start of the tail radius.  As measured from the shaft including the quill thickness.  The quill is ground very narrow too, barely wider than the feather itself.

Unfortunately I'm not very familiar with other early arrow manufaturers but I have seen them on Bitzenburger arrows for sure and I'm pretty sure that Homer Prouty used them as well.  

Raptor Archery has a great diplay of vintage and historic arrows, I'll take a better look the next time I'm out there.

Brad

[Bjorn]

Cool! Wondered about those. Here are some old flight arrows with those nocks



I'll go dig up some more...................

[Bjorn]

The lower arrow is an Easton woodie with the mid nock. The upper arrow has the nock off to show how this version is applied. That method of applying the nock would be a pain.



Brad, that bag of nocks you have do they work with a regular nock taper?

[Hobow]

Yes Bjorn, they are for a tapered shaft and I do wish that it were a full bag...

I didn't realize that they made nocks for a square end like yours, I've seen the target points of that style but never nocks, neat!  

They seem like a natural for flight arrows, very streamlined.

Do you have more pics of the Easton woodies?

Brad

[Bjorn]

Brad I'll take some tmrw when it is light. In the meantime here is another arrow with a nock similar to what we are talking about



As you can see it is footed-a three foot (Wade pointed that out). Printed on this arrow is "Carl Dobyas Archery Tackle and Supplies Fond du Lac Wisconsin". A little further down: "Rounseville, Hazel Crest Ill".
Rounseville was a known archery company back in the day.
I hope Trap is OK with his thread getting a little side tracked!  

[TRAP]

I'm perfectly okay with it Bjorn.  Thanks for jumping in. Very nice arrows.

There's so much more to archery history than the bows that were made.

Trap

[raghorn]

Trap;
Very nice job! However looking at the few Pearson arrows I have and the couple that were posted here...it seems that Pearson used a Right wing offset.

[Bjorn]

Here's a pic of that Easton arrow showing the foot



And the printing



I got it on the auction site from the bowdoc!

[TRAP]

I believe you are right Ron.  Nice pick up.

Very cool arrow Bjorn!!!

Trap