Marksman Bow?

[Cyclic-Rivers]

Anyone hear of a marksman bow?

It has a look of an old Ben pearson.  Its in really rough shape but for the price, I couldn't walk past it. Crap, It was worth it's price in fire wood.

Its 5'2", similar to the special I have only white.

Anyone???

[cossers]

Marksman bows were made in England in a factory near to Sherwood forest ( of Robin Hood fame ) . Th company was mainly manufacturing in the 1960's - 1980's . If you Google Les Howis ( who founded the company  )you will be able to find out more.

also look here

 http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=465

What model is it you have ? . i have a few old catalogs from the UK , If you let me know which model I should be able to scan the sales advertising for your bow and post it here .

Paul

[Cyclic-Rivers]

Not sure of the model.  All I know is it had white/cream colored glass on the back and one stress down the middle.

Only had a crappy cell phone pic.  The finish was chipping off badly.  Bought it at an auction for 12 bucks.  Its being sent tomorrow, sight unseen (by me) to a buddies house for his girlfriend to join in on our archery forays.  My father actually is the one who found the bow and bought it.

I will forward this to him.  Hopefully when he gets the bow he can find some history on it.

[robtattoo]

Just out of interest, Les Howis's head bowyer, Kieth Gascoine, is still building bows under the name KG Archery, based in Newark, Nottinghamshire.

Kieth built 2 bows for my & The Wife before we moved  out of the UK. Hell of a nice guy & more than happy to help with dating & researching your bow.

 www.kgarchery.com