Bear arrows cira 1960

M60gunner · June 22, 2016, 11:25:00 PM

Help please, trying to find out what Bear offered for arrows in 1960. I did a search but no answers or pics. I am doing a retro quiver and would like to make arrows to match. I know alum was around and fiberglass and wood but what was most common?

wadde · June 23, 2016, 08:43:00 AM

The arrows available in the 1960 catalog were 24srt-x aluminum and micro-flite which were both three fletched with solid shield cut 3 1/2" feathers. and there was bear glass and the cedar arrows were cedar king-three fletched with 5 inch barred and white shafts, cedar chief-three fletched with 5 inch barred and blue shafts and cedar sprite-three fletched with 5 inch barred and varnished shafts. All arrows had some cresting as well.

M60gunner · June 23, 2016, 10:50:00 AM

Wadde, thank you for the info. I have seen some pictures of the wood arrows but there was no date for the catalog the pic was from. Thanks agian.

Phil Magistro · June 23, 2016, 11:42:00 AM

If you do a search on the big auction site for Vintage Bear Arrows you'll see examples.

59Alaskan · June 23, 2016, 12:04:00 PM

You can buy a CD with the catalogs by year from 3 Rivers. It helps with stuff like this for sure

TRAP · June 23, 2016, 12:09:00 PM

TRAP · June 23, 2016, 10:52:00 PM

Trying to reproduce vintage arrows is fun.
Here's a few sets of 1960 Bear arrows I've made up in the past.

59Alaskan · June 24, 2016, 05:43:00 AM

I have seen Daryls work...beautiful!

The white cedar kings he made for me were fabulous.

Here is a set of Bear reproductions from the either the 1959 or 1962 catalog made by Matt Gundock. I don't recall which year it was from at the moment

Ray Lyon · June 25, 2016, 07:04:00 AM

Great job on the arrows.

Phil Magistro · June 25, 2016, 08:15:00 AM

I'll say. Very nice!

TRAP · June 29, 2016, 08:54:00 AM

I love that color combo Colin.

59Alaskan · June 29, 2016, 10:50:00 AM

I do too. I remember now where I saw them. DirtyBird here on TG had a 1959 Bear Alsakan Hunting Package for sale - unused a few years ago. It included arrows, bow, target, etc...

He lives near me, as does Matt Gundock. I really liked the arrows in that package. Matt met DirtyBird and measured out the arrows - cresting etc...and these are the resulting replicas.

Matt also modified a 3R Swift cutter to get the fletch very close to the original fletch style.