Far eastern bows and Bear archery.

[Rick P]

It just dawned on me that the only Bear bows named for people are all far eastern. Temujin, Tartar and Tamerlane. Temujin is Genghis Khan's birth name. The Tartar were a rival clan that poisoned Temujin's father. And Te Muri* the lame is considered the last Khan of the Mongol empire, in the west he was known as Tamerlane.

So how much did the bows that helped these warriors become leaders of the largest empire ever known influence the design of bear bows?


*not at all sure on the spelling

[Novaln1975]

Interesting subject, there was also the «Minuteman»

Simon

[seboomook]

The target type risers and lengths certainly werent similar to the short mongol horse bows, except maybe for the use of composite materials.
It will be interesting if any company insiders here would know if Fred or a marketing person had an affinity for the eastern type bows.

[reddogge]

I'm sure not design influence, just a marketing naming gimmick to differentiate between their target bow line and the hunting bow line.  Similar to Pearson's horsey names for their bows.

[Rick P]

Respectfully to me the super mag sure looks like a horse bow with flexible shiyas.

Agreed the horse bow and the loooong target bows had little in common but look at the wide sweeping curves of some of the hunting bows. Especially those of the mid 60's.

I'm sure there is a marketing element as well but if so why pick Temujin instead of "great Khan" Or "Genghis"?

[Rick P]

Forgot the minuteman but I also find it interesting that the mongol bows where much more attractive and more highly detailed. From what I can gather about Mr Bear he was a thoughtful man with a keen eye for detail. I doubt a new bow would be named lightly or based on public whim.

[alaskabowhunter]

my girlfriend calls me "minuteman" what's up with that?...

[seboomook]

You're keeping your powder dry too long between shots.