kittredge arrows

[bswldturkey]

i have a dozen cedar kittredge arrows that i got from my grandpa. just wondering what the story is behind them. they are used but in the original box. thanks, brad

[bswldturkey]

here are some pics.

[aromakr]

Brad:
Doug Kittridge started in business in southern California in I believe the 1950-60's. He eventually moved the business to Mamoth lakes, Calif. which is on the east side of the Sierra's in Mono County. He had a retail and mail order archery business for many years. On of his long time employees was Bill Krens who went on to work for Fred Bear in Florida.
Bob

[PAPALAPIN]

Doug Kitridge had the "Kitridge Bow Hut".  His catalog was called the "Archer's Bible"  It inclidrd products from many manufacturers and tips on archery techniques,  Very informative.

While he sold other manufacturer;s bows, he had his own line of bows, arrows and accesories.  I had a set of his arrows.  Mine were white with yellow cresting and fletching.

While your arrows are probably very shootable, I wouldn't.  Too much collectors value to mess them up, in my opionion.

Another one of his early empoyees was a young Jim Dougherty who later became a traditioal archery icon in his own right,

[aromakr]

Boy! I forgot about Jim. He and Doug were very close friends, they entered in many varmit calling contest in the Calif desert and won most of them, thanks for the reminder.
Bob

[bswldturkey]

hey thanks for the info. i actually have a little more than a dozen so a figured id save the best 12 and shoot the rest, but maybe ill rethink that. thanks again, brad