Interesting arrow

[damascusdave]

Anyone know anything about this arrow? It appears to be fiberglass.
DDave  http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab54/damascusdave_2009/IMG_0128.jpg

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[damascusdave]

Do you think that it would be okay to hunt with? Broadhead seems quite sharp.
DDave

[D.Sheppard]

Looks like a Micro-flight, color matches.

[wadde]

I wouldn't have a problem hunting with it. Check the nock end good for damage first so you don't get a surprise when you shoot.

[d. ward]

real cool arrow yours is in better shape then the one I have those were sold by several different companies including Bear I beleave prior to Micro Flites one thing for sure they are tougher then nails bd    

[KYArcher]

I have some that look to be the same, and also wondered who made them ?

[PAPALAPIN]

There should be markings on the shaft, just below the cresting.  Should say the brand and the size.  Do you see anything.

That Bear broadhead is a proven hunting head.  However, as sharp as you think it is, it is probably not sharp enough.  If it has not been resharpened in many years, it needs to be touched up.

[KYArcher]

The arrows I have say nothing on them?

[damascusdave]

Originally posted by the real bowdoc:
real cool arrow yours is in better shape then the one I have those were sold by several different companies including Bear I beleave prior to Micro Flites one thing for sure they are tougher then nails bd        

Just happen to have another 11 just like that one.
Man did I ever have a good day yesterday.
DDave

[damascusdave]

As it turns out there are only six of these arrows available. The lady asked me to commit to a price on all the remaining gear and I gave her what I thought was a very reasonable figure. Then she bumped it up by a hundred bucks. Sure wish now I had ripped her off on the bows since she had no idea of their value.

I called her back and told her I was no longer interested in the rest of the stuff she has for sale. Sometimes it just does not pay to treat people fairly.

DDave

[Charlie Lamb]

Some were marked with size and some weren't. To be useful you'll need to know the spine for sure.

Like so many bows out there, these shafts are often suited to mid forties bow weight and in all likelihood this shaft is a Microflite #8

[raghorn]

Micro flites were yellow and you could see the glass weave and the size markings. I believe this is a Fleetwood arrow- I have some shafts the same color. If you were to scratch the paint the glass would be a dark brown. The Bear Razorhead is a 1960, less common than the 1964 version. Fleetwood at one time was based in Superior Wis. then later in Denver.

[bearmagtd]

Dave your Bear Glass arrow is from 1960 know by A-30 Bear Glass. Bear Glass first listed in the 1957 as the B-100, 1958 as B-100 then in 1959 as X-100. The 57 and 58 arrow info says that they where made by Bear in there plant, it does not give that info for the 59 and 60 years. Your dip color and cresting match up with the 1960 catalog arrows picture. As Ron said it is a 1960 Bear Razorhead. The Bear catalog cd is well worth the cost for any one with interest in the Grayling Mich. years.

[raghorn]

Here is the picture from the 1960 Bear catalog. The Bearglas is third from left. Doesn't look anything like Dave's photo. The Bearglas description from the same catalog states that the shaft is "light yellow" Dave's shaft is full length dipped in brown paint. Notice in bowdoc's picture.. right behind the collar the brown paint is rubbed off and you can see the brown woven glass.

 

[damascusdave]

Originally posted by Charlie Lamb:
Some were marked with size and some weren't. To be useful you'll need to know the spine for sure.

Like so many bows out there, these shafts are often suited to mid forties bow weight and in all likelihood this shaft is a Microflite #8

Thanks for the editing job, Charlie. I actually did not buy the arrows because the seller jerked me around and I got upset. They are too short for my 30 inch draw anyway and the last thing you want to do is pull a broadhead past the shelf. The next place it will go is into your hand.

Anyone wants to buy a half dozen of these pm me and I will give you the contact info.

DDave

[damascusdave]

With the arrow in hand it sure seems that the cresting pattern is a match with the catalog pic of the bearglas arrow.
DDave

[oldbohntr]

When living in Michigan I picked up a number of these and still have a couple.  Mine were prior to the aluminum shaft insert and had a wooden dowel insert which was then tapered along with the fibreglass shaft.  I tried the same with some MJ Log #5 glass shafts I later found and it worked fine.

[damascusdave]

Thanks to all for the valuable info

DDave