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I am not going to bring up a sore subject about where I asked about it, but I was trying to get information about a 3 finger shooting glove I saw Fred Bear using on "The Restless Spirit" It had a compass on the back of hand and I thought that was cool. Anybody know where I could locate one?
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Grant Young,Did you make that yourself?If you did,what kind of glue did you use.It looks like you could get a compass from 3Rivers and glue it on your glove.I would like to get one of them myself.
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Og, Doc knows someone that has been making the repo, of this glove. And does a great job aswell.Good luck
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I'm sure you could use barge cement and glue a compass or even a GPS to a glove that stuff is great!
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It is Grant who has made some of these. They are a time consuming labor of love, not an economic endeavor. His are excellent reproductions of Fred's glove.
You can always make one yourself from an existing glove and a small compass like 3 Rivers sells, but it would not be a Bear replica like Grant's.
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Warberg or Shaun,how do I get ahold of this guy?The directory has 37 usernames with Doc in it.None with just Doc.Thankyou for any help you can give.
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Bushy tail- the compass is installed in the glove, not on it, and it is a compass from a '54 Kodiak. Like Shaun said- they are a heap of work and have to be custom fitted. Mr. Bear made his own, as well. You can use a later model compass such as 3Rivers sells or a NATO compass by Silva. The old ones are brass; the new ones are plastic. The downside is the originals are bringing over $100.00 in good condition, at least for the time being. I make these with the help of a very talented Amish shoemaker and have turned out a few for friends but as of now I haven't decided to build anymore due to the time and expense involved. I've built them for myself for around thirty years and I have two new ones on hand for my own use.The picture I posted doesn't show anything like the depth of detail involved. Like Shaun said- I don't do it for the money, so we'll see. GY
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BTW bushytail- they meant Bowdoc. I built him one cause we're good friends.
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STIKNSTRINGBOW,I hope you don`t think i was trying to highjack your topic.I have that Fred Bear video,and realy liked the style of that glove.I`ll try and make one.Thanks for all the information guys.
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That IS Pretty Cool!! Can now say I have Seen One Now!!
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Thank you for the input, I would appreciate a close up of the way the compass is set in the leather, if you could please.
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I'll get you some pics in better lighting this weekend STIK as well as some closeups. Grant
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quote:Originally posted by Grant Young: You mean like this?
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