Gee Ken I should have thought of that myself, I am going there to check out that building and old archery stuff that they have there in the morning. Will give...
Hi, We went thru the Fred Bear Museum yesterday and it is still very interesting and great to see again. My daughters had their picture taken with the big bear...
This old bow of mine is a great shooter, but it has stress cracks that are on the back (black side) of the bow that run lengthwise with the limbs. Does anyone...
... or ... David you can fill or fix the cracks with" Loctite 420" clean them up good I use acetone with a Q tip. Then apply the Loctite it is thin like water...
Hi,all I recently bought two hip quivers marked bear products detroit,they have indians stamped in the leather.I know from my info they were made sometime...
Hi Bill You have a great find there but I dont know how many were made but detroit items are harder to come by, so I would offer you at least twenty bucks each...
Thanks Dean, I'll give it a try. Do you happen to know of any bowyers that can reglass old bows, or that will add reinforced tips to an old bow? ... her. ... ...
I can happily say that My "Group" survived this insurection of power that no one that I know wanted. We Founders er owners were never contacted no poll was...
I dont think Fred would even consider going whackin and wouldnt want anybody to think that is what he taught "Uncle Ted" While Ted did do a great job on his...
... Dont know if you can reglass a bow. If the cracks run lengthwise I wouldnt worry too much if you are shooting it now and it hasnt come apart after the...
... Dont know if you can reglass a bow. If the cracks run lengthwise I wouldnt worry too much if you are shooting it now and it hasnt come apart after the...
Yes, I have heard the old saying " if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything" but I just want to post, been pretty quiet around here lately. I...
Hi Ken, My sentiments about Yahoo too. I wonder if Dolores checked with Tripod Clubs? According to the 1954 Bear Archery catalog on page 14, strings for all...
Anyone ever get a creaking sound in thier takedowns. think my lower latch creaks when it cold. Gonna try a little thicker leather on the leather in the lower...
We made it back to grayling tonight after a 3 day drive. I went thru the museum again on Tuesday so twice in a week to the museum made my whole trip worth...
How would I find out about of a couple of bows that I have accuired? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center -...
Hi Pete, Welcome back home. Read your post. Have it on the Home Page of the Tribute site. I was surprised to learn that Wal-Mart and K-Mart are Bear's...
Gene, My thoughts exactly, just trying to blame it on K Mart, all you ever see in there are a few broadheads, no bows. They cant possibly think the mass...
Ken, I did a little asking around of my old friends and one of them found an old brochure for a '51 Grizzly (62" Alum.) that said: ...Double Loop bowstring...
Gene, thanks for the information about the string length for the static tip Grizzly. I will try one tonight, only think I will use B- 50 dacron, as I am...
I have an extra 63 dogleg kodiak I would like to trade off. Anyone have anything interesting. I could use a 63 tamerlane or maybe a 67 kodiak special or a 64...
Gene, I received the two tapes I ordered from Babe Winkelman that he did on Fred Bear. That "Remembering Fred Bear" was great. That was a tour of the FBM and...
Just thought I would pass along some information and a strong recomendation if you need 4 & 8 arrow grippers to replace the hard rubber ones on you bear...
I see our membership number has dropped by two. Anyone know or care to speculate as to why? Again I miss the old running totals of how many and who visited the...
Hi Ken, Glad you finally got the Winkelman tapes. I knew you'd like 'em. I think they're great! I pull 'em off the shelf once in a while and watch 'em with...
