My Buddy FOUND a Bow

[bmfer]

That's right, he found a bow in the attic of his old house, and after watching me carry my longbow up through his backyard and into his woods all year, he showed it to me and asked me how old I thought it was. I said, "Hell' I don't know, but I may know of somebody who does!"  What do you guys think?

 

 
 

 

[STRAYARROW]

I dont know how old it is but earlier this evening there was another thread about Indian Archery,you should  check it out.

[bmfer]

Thanks man, hunting it down............

[vermonster13]

Late 50s. Have any pics of the decal from the front of the riser?

[bmfer]

Vermonster- there is no decal, only the one shown in the first picture. There is no other writing on it other than the catalog number and 35#.

[Brian Krebs]

you know; I don't think we give enough credit to the Indian Archery company- for its contribution to archery. My father in military school in the 1930's got a longbow: that I hunted with 30 years ago. They supplied bows for the market that were used by schools for archery programs- and many people fell in love with the flight of the arrow from one of these bows tossing out an arrow.
  The bow above has a shelf on both sides of the bow; so its either a demonstrator model ( for stores) or it was made for schools - so either a left or right handed person could shoot it.
 I would bet just by virtue of the fact its a recurve; that it dates in the 50's.
 My dads bow came in a birch box; which I still have; as well the bow.
 The information sheet on how to string a recurve hass value too.

[Grant Young]

Around '63 or '64 several of us male baby boomers in the neighborhood got archery equipment for Christmas. There was a wide variety of brands and quality but I still remember that the smoothest shooting and one of the best looking offerings was an Indian similar to the one you picture, at least in glass color and shelf design. When my sons came along in the '80s I thought of that bow several times and wished I could find one like it. I agree with Brian-I think Indians were far better bows than was usually acknowledged. My 2cents.  Grant