Bearpaw glass

[Bryan Adolphe]

Wanting to place an order for more glass and wondering how Bearpaw is doing now?  price point for us north of the border in Canada . Thinking about trying Bearpaw again ??   Approx cost per bow clear glass by the time it lands at my door ...
Gordons $70.00 Can.
Bearpaw $40.00 Can.

[Crooked Stic]

Watching this.

[Kirkll]

I haven't played with it in years. Last time I did, I bought a large roll of it and was building bows and shipping them 10 at a time to China. The draw weights didn't have to hit a particular draw weight. I had a 40#-55# range  to work with.

I'd use it again for low budget production line bows, but not custom stuff.

Considering what you are building Bryan.... I wouldn't use low budget glass myself.

.02 cents worth.     Kirk

[Birdbow76]

Last bow I used it on came in almost 10# light, I'm not planning on using it anymore, unless it's all that's available.

[Crooked Stic]

Yeah spine inconsistisy from roll to roll was big for me being I only bought inches needed instead of rolls.

[Bryan Adolphe]

Rosewood said that BP has improved the structure of their glass and their clarity has been good, They also said Gordon's in their opinion is perfect. I guess that should answer my question lol but its $$ when your prototyping limb ideas    good fun comes with a price. 

[Crooked Stic]

My last protos were done with colored glass.

[Longcruise]

I haven't played with it in years. Last time I did, I bought a large roll of it and was building bows and shipping them 10 at a time to China.

You need to get back at that, Kirk.  America needs your help with trade balance.  🤣

[Kirkll]

I haven't played with it in years. Last time I did, I bought a large roll of it and was building bows and shipping them 10 at a time to China.

You need to get back at that, Kirk.  America needs your help with trade balance.  🤣

I got a feeling this new administration we have coming in is going to throw a wrench in shipping stuff over seas. Shipping to China isn't going to be a good option me thinks.... It's a shame really... I ship quite a few bow's overseas.

I entertained building production bows a couple times over the years, but it's boring as hell just running machines and pumping out product. You are purchasing and handling a lot more materials, and setting on inventory that may or may not move. Import/export licensing comes into play as well as tariffs running the cost to consumers up and your cost to produce them needs to be cut to the bone.....

I was approached by Cascade years ago to build their bows, and they used Bear paw glass in all their stuff. But... once I penciled out how many bows I needed to produce per year, it just wasn't something I wanted to pursue.  I did like some of those designs they had. The Cascade golden hawk was a pretty cool bow.


No thanks.... Someone else can help balance the trade deficit.   Kirk

[Crooked Stic]

My guess in the new administration gonna wrench the other direction. 

[Kirkll]

My guess in the new administration gonna wrench the other direction. 

Absolutely .... things in general are going to go sideways i'm sure...

[jess stuart]

I feel things will be much better than the last few years.