My 1966 Black Hawk Scorpion. I cleaned it up a bit. For a plain-Jane it's quite a good shooter, and Cravotta Brothers wasn't afraid to use some colored glass. This is the belly side, but the back was also the same. I have the back sprayed for hunting.

Limb tip back of bow after about 2000 arrows through it with a Fur, skinny low stretch string. No tip overlays on this bow and no wear in the nock areas.

Oh that's nice so dress her up I like them Black hawks. LOL

I have several Black Hawks in my collections.

That is a nice looking bow there George.

I'm jealous, I have been trying to find a black hawk scorpion for a while. I was bidding on one on the auction site but got out bid. Lol such is life. I'm sure one will come along. I actually like that turquoise glass

That one photo should read "Fury" low stretch, not Fur.

Good looking bow :-) JF

Nice bow George, I like mine too. Noticed you don’t have a “Stout Special” elevated rest on it. Lance

I lived about 10 miles from them when I was a kid. Had no idea about them then.

Yours is fancy compared to mine, looks good George

George, what were the differences between the Scorpion, Short Bee, and Short Hornet? I've never yet dug into the Cravotta Bros. bows.

Tips on yours are a lot smaller than on my '74 model.

Steve

I have an old Indian with that same colored glass, not sure what model it is though. Took me a while to get used to it, but it grows on ya after a while.

The Scorpion is a semi-recurve, nowadays called hybrid. It's a deflex/reflex with wider limbs than a longbow and when strung the limb, near the tip, is not contacted by the string. Nothing fancy, just great shooters.

The Hornet, Short Hornet, Bee, etc., are recurves.

Good history of the Black Hawk line of bows. Thanks for posing it, well done!

To me that sort of information has value. You posted it, you put it on-line or all to see. It has now been preserved for the sake of archery history. If someone does not do this sort of thing now all this historical information will be lost to the ages. When the guys who did it, i.e., the guys who were significant contributors back in the day, are gone there is no one to tell their stories. We fellows in the game today have a silent obligation to those generations who follow us to gather and preserve stories like this...our archery history...for later generations.

Again, thanks.

I believe the Brave became the Scorpion as it's the same length, and a semi-recurve/hybrid. Sometime in the late 50's or early 60's the eliminated the leather grip wrap. Here's a photo of a 1958 Brave.

Thats a good looking bow, George. The contrast between the turquoise on the belly and black you added to the back is really sharp.

George, may I share here, a Scorpion with red belly glass. My brother's Scorpion he received for his 11th birthday in 1963. I done a complete refinish on it recently only because sometime in the late senenties, I sprayed it with flat brown enamel for camo. I still need to make an original style strike plate for it. Nowadays this semi retired semi recurve gets plenty of much needed rest. All my brothers grew up shooting with it. Thanks for the topic George.

That looks really good Mark.

Tomorrow I may take a ride and give a more serious look at an early 70s 52# Blackhawk Scorpion I found hanging for sale (strung)on the rack of a sporting goods store. It has forest green glass front and back. It sure didn't feel 52# when I drew it. Now either the smooth drawing design is hiding the heft or it has been strung for who knows how long. A scale will tell all.

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