My new neighbor across the street was getting ready for a garage sale and knew I like to shoot my longbow in the back yard. I was born in 57 and he is a little older than me. He asked me if I could use his Uncles old quiver. I said yes, that would be very nice. I just got it this afternoon and had fun looking at the old arrows. Looked like his uncle had nice stuff :-). Can some of you experts tell me what I have here? I never saw split broadheads like that.

I’m not good at posting pics but I’ll try.

Thanks! Chad

Cool. Looks like that worked. Here is a close up of the broadheads / points.

Blood Trails aka Birds beaks. They were invented by John Hauch from Michigan.

The ones you call split broadheads are 1956 Blood Trial and the barbed ones that look like Howard hill are Eagle Talon 1954.

I need a better picture of the three blade heads.

The "split" heads are Blood Trail from 1955

That’s cool. Thanks! Are the long ones Howard Hills? The short arrows must have been for a kid. The 3 blades on them say Hornet.

No Chad those are Eagle Talon's

Bob

Thanks Bob and everyone! ! I didn’t see deadhead’s post before I sent. Is there some kind of guide or resource to identify broadheads? My internet searches are not working. Fun to learn the history of archery equipment that is as old as I am.

The original prototypes looking nothing like the finished product you posted. The proto's were a tube with the point end slice cut at an angle, John sent my dad 3 of the originals to try out but my dad wouldn't hunt with them so he tossed them into a box. Floyd Eccleston wanted one for his collection so one day at the range dad gave Floyd one leaving my dad 2. When dad moved on I got all the archery things left over from the store and those two tubed Blood Trails were in the box. They meant nothing to me so I sold them to a collector for a decent some of money.

That quiver is a Bear Centerback quiver . I bought one in the mid 50's and still have. Not sure when they were first made but I think mid to early 50's

Here is a close up of the Hornet 3 blades.

I have a few of those Blood Trail heads. Pretty cool stuff you got there.

Very nice, Chad. Definitely good stuff from the past. Jawge

So were those “blood trail” heads intended for use on big game or small?

I don’t believe they are wide enough to be legal for deer anywhere that I have hunted, but they might be great for small game… A lot like an Ace Hex only taken up a couple of notches

In Pa. they only need to be 7/8th or more width. I think that photo is misleading as opposed to real width, they sure look as wide or wider than the Bear Razorhead in the picture.

Nice gesture.

Thanks everyone! Here is a better pic comparing the 4 different broadheads. Are the 3 blade Hornets very old? Are they Hills Hornets?

Corax, the head is like a Black Diamond Eskimo only with the opening in the front. Plenty wide enough. Like I wrote the prototype was nothing but a tube cut at an angle and later developed into what you see.

really cool,, congrats

That’s a great story, Craig! I can see where that hole would make a good sight. Thanks for sharing.

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