Anyone know the story behind these? There not stil being manufactured like this right? What did someone find a stash in a wharehouse or something? How old is this design? I've seen them on old recurves that must have been from late 60s or 70s. I also remember seeing them on back shelves of old sporting goods store in town as a kid in the 80s with yellow packing and covered in dust that must have been 20years old then. I don't remember seeing that funny looking hood though just the clamps. Im thinking about picking one up for use on a selfbow

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I have a couple sets of those without the hoods. One of my 40+ yr old kids has a scar on her forearm from leaping over the back seat onto the wife's bow with broadheads in one of those!

I shaped foam for a "hood" that was just squeezed over the broadheads. They definitely need a hood.

Yes,they still make them! The hood clips on the fourth arrow,and comes with them now I believe. When I was a kid I had one similar but it was green. I made a hood for mine. Too scary otherwise!

They are junk...

Buy a good bow quiver.

Yep. Still made. I had one in 1982.

Angilena Jolie's dad ( what was his name ) In Deliverance, had one when he went after the cracker up on the mountain top.

I have both the earliest slip on version and the clamp on version. They came without the hood. Then it became an option, now it is standard.

Not the most stable or safe, but it was what we had at the time.

From their web-site:

Since 1956, Kwikee Kwiver has been innovating new archery solutions. From its prototype, Deluxe Kwiver, built of plywood and cork, dyed and dried in the founders front yard. Kwikee has built a huge following and received many awards including the “ Readers Choice” award by Bowhunting World as well as being inducted to the Field and Stream’s “Gear Hall of Fame.”

After incorporating in 1957, Kwikee solidified their customer base with Fred Bear Archery, when they became one of the first clients to adopt the Deluxe Kwiver and Kwikee’s string silencers. The first plastic composite Kwiver, developed in 1976, started the expansion into the growing compound bow market. Since that time, Kwikee’s product line has matured into the finest arrow retention systems on the market.

Kwikee Kwiver has solutions for both traditional, modern archery and crossbows; including a huge variety of camouflage patterns and textures. Whether you’re at the 3-D range or in your bow stand, Kwikee Kwiver has the dynamic solutions to keep your arrows close.

RAU, I'd say they are still being made since they are on the Kwikee Kwiver web-site being sold for $17.49

Hated that thing, kept getting loose and it had no hood. Its a wonder I didn't stab myself in the thigh.

Rau, they are made yet. They are cheap but they are not junk. Like other things, you need some common sense to use them, mostly making sure you are using the hood which clips onto another arrow. They were used by a lot of archers in the past, and a few dumb ones cut themselves or their buddies by not using common sense...which is something that can't be legislated.

Anyway, most of us used them and survived...and even prospered. Yes, most of us moved on to more sturdy setups when they became available as well. The fact that they art still made attests to their utility. Junk doesn't survive for sixty years on the market.

Back in 1969 my Dad bought me a Bear bow set like this one. I still have the bow but the rest is long gone. The quiver that came with the set was just styrofoam and slide over the limbs. It didn't have a hood and you couldn't remove it from the bow with out removing the arrows. So when I got kwikee kwiver with the clip on hood it was an approvement.

Ah, yes, I recall wandering through the woods as a kid with a quiver full of razor sharp, exposed broadheads, praying I didn't trip. I still have one but wouldn't dare use it. Some things are best left to the realm of nostalgia.

Sorry it was foam rubber not styrofoam. Had a senior moment.

I have one somewhere here still in box

Kodiaktd, that cat target looks real familiar, I think I had that once when I was a kid or teen.

Some people still use them for bowfishing.

I have 2 sets of the slide on foam and 2 sets of the other with the wire ---- I like and use mine for 3D - they are light and dont add weight to your bow -- for hunting just pay attention on what you are doing -- I have used them for years with no issues --

Pick your poison. Slip on cork, slip on rubber, or clamp on.

I might just put one of those on my '56 Kodiak! Can't find a period correct one for a lefty!

They are actually a very functional (though not "cool") quiver.

Cover the hood in leather and it complately changes the appearance.

Probably the lightest quiver you can get.

Lol I just bought that quiver from 3Rivers.

You get what you pay for....so I can't complain. It's chincy as all get out.

I tried that one & later I tried the Qwiffer by Whiffen. Then I gave in and drilled sight/quiver mounting holes so I could use the Kwikee compound quiver. I used it until switched from recurves over to longbows.

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