In your opinion and why. Which of these vintage bows do you feel are most sought after today? Grimes, See Fab ext. Para Bow, Paul Bunyan ext. York Lemon wood bows or the Ben Pearson all Hickory Deer slayer recurve. Feel free to add to the list.
In your opinion and why. Which of these vintage bows do you feel are most sought after today? Grimes, See Fab ext. Para Bow, Paul Bunyan ext. York Lemon wood bows or the Ben Pearson all Hickory Deer slayer recurve. Feel free to add to the list.
The desire for those old bows has yet to be realized due to many reasons, particularly a bias toward what folks think are "cheap" bows. If you listen to a lot of folks on here you would never even pick up an old bow, and for sure not an old fiberglass bow. The Grimes, Par-X and others of three piece design still don't do well on the market, even though they were pretty inventive at the time and unique to that era....post World War II.
Most folks nowadays are infatuated with the old Bear Grayling bows, and of course for good reason. I don't think those older bows will ever be 'in demand' but it would behoove folks to actually give them a try, especially now with the modern string material. The Ben Pearson Bushmaster laminated bow is one that still brings attention though, it's an early two piece takedown.
I was just gifted a Ben Pearson 304 takedown, solid fiberglass model. I'll take some photos today. It's a great shooter and a pull-apart takedown feature.
Sure would like to see a picture of it. When you get a chance. What color is it? In my opinion. I think the Ben Pearson all fiber glass T/D's hold the highest price. And are most sought after. Crap! Now the price will go up on that big auction site...This one is a BP 306 60#er. Hits hard! ;-)
My brother in-law has one of those 304's in the original box with the arrows and stuff that came with it. Some have old Pearson skeletan ferrule broadheads on them. He found it in the attic of their old farmhouse. He doesn't know who in the family it belonged to,but there's been 3-4 generations of the same family on the old home place. Of course he won't let it go and has never shot a bow!
The problem is they aren't cool yet. We need to take some game with them to be 'cool' enough to get interest. And they are cheap too, so that equates to "the must not be any good" in today's world. ;) I have the 304 shooting great with 50/55 shafts which actually should be too stiff for that bow. It shoots as good as many laminated bows of the same length and draw weight...and will pull apart and go in your back quiver if necessary. ))))))))))
Your right George. Some guys were shooting stick bows before it was cool too. Maybe it is because they are cheap. I'm sure glad I took your word for it. I'm glad I took your word on that Hoyt Pro PM too. One sweet shooter! Pdk25 Took a nice hog with a Paul Bunyan I traded him. I sure would like to see more posts like that. It was cool to see a young buck take a hog with an all fiberglass bow. Who knows maybe more guys will give those plain Jane bows a try.
I piked the tips down about 1/2 an inch into the solid limbs. The epoxy on the ends was just for looks. I painted the tips white so they look even better now. And the bow shoots great. I'm glad I didn't pass up this one. Nice Slayer Deno!
