Bootlegged Bear coins ?????

[d. ward]

I had a couple minutes free time.And was looking for something else.When I ran across two of the bootlegged brass Bear coins I had.I used them to make a couple bolo tie's.One from a pedikel of a small buck I did not shoot.The other I cut into the ferrule of a Bear razorhead with a dremell tool and fitted that coin into the broadhead.Just some ideas to ponder...bowdoc

[d. ward]

here's a pic of both items..bd

[d. ward]

a bit closer view...bd

[d. ward]

now for the real tight shot.and the that really sucks line.If you even buffed the bootlegged coins to hard.It will buff the brass plateing right off them.Man that sucks....bd

[Mountain_Man]

very nice doc... sure wish you was my neighbor. You'd be handy to have around.  

[D.Sheppard]

I wish he was my daddy ! !

[d. ward]

Thank you guy's.Oh yeah I get bored easley and just gotta find something to do.So in the process you see what happens.The bolo was kind of a tribute to Fred.And use of the coin Clay gave me at the same time.I also have been known to cut up broken bows for file handles.bd

[PAPALAPIN]

The most unique "broken Bow" reuse I ever saw was on e8ay.  It was a lamp stand made of tree Type I Kodiak Magnums.  Looked KQQL.

[d. ward]

Jack and I will screw up his last name.Floyd Eccelston? Made several of those lambs.Floyd was a bear dealer.And when Bear made the call to stop selling the type one's.Because of the shelf cracking(step through stringing).The Bear rep that sold to Floyd went to his shop to write a credit slip for the left over in stock K mags.Once crecit was writen for the bows.The Beap rep drilled 3/8 holes in the upper and lower limbs just below the string grooves.Well I guess Floyd could not just burn the bows as instructed.So he made several lamps and at least two magizine racks out of the defunked type one K mag.StCharles at the time also a Bear dealer burned all of thiers..That was a pretty cool lamp...bowdoc

[Jon Stewart]

Floyd was a friend of my dads here in Michigan.  Floyd had one of the best arrowhead collections around.

[d. ward]

Oh man you got that right Jon,Floyd's broadhead collection was one of if not the largest in the world.He had a huge bow collection as well and some of the rarest archery items ever built.When he passed I think the son sold off eveything almost...sad sad day for archery.bd

[alaskabowhunter]

Wade Phillips bought the Eccelston collection as well as many of Floyd's more desirable  archery items. Rich has sold everything and moved to Florida. Wade has the largest known collection of broadheads which he has documented and published.  I believe Wade owns the most complete collection of vintage collectible Bear bows and quivers known as well, way more than the Pope and Young/St Charles museum and the Bear museum put together. He is "the man".

[kurtbel5]

Sorry to HiJack the thread
But are those the 3r repro coins or somebody else's? why would you plate em? brass aint that much money or hard to strike.

[d. ward]

Nope not 3r's...they were cast from some gray-ish metal.Not lead.Then plated with something looking copper-ish and then brass.bd

[Paul WA]

Are the real coins worth anything and how would you go about taking one out of a trash bow?...PR

[d. ward]

Yes the coins are worth a few bucks,if the bow is trashed I would just take the old pocket knife to it...bowdoc