Holy Grail of Ben Pearson Bows

[Blackhawk]

My very first production bow was a bottom-of-the- line Ben Pearson Hunter model...used, of course.  I could not afford the Bear Kodiak, but that old Ben Pearson served me well.

Now my question for you arm chair experts...if I were to seek out the Holy Grail of Pearson bows, what would it be?  I do not mean the rarest or one of a kind version, but which bow best exemplifies the Ben Pearson line?

OK, who's first?

[kurtbel5]

Man I don't know officially, but there are 2 on **** with insane wood.

[ckruse]

My brand new one might come close to that description. I unboxed it a little while ago, so pictures will have to wait.
     

The box and some of the paperwork have some water damage, but the bow is new. I don't think it's even been strung- YET! All hang tags, instructions and advertisements included. It's a 68" 25 @28, in all it's multi-laminated glory. Pictures tomorrow kids! CKruse

[ckruse]

Here's an interesting bit of history:

"Three new bows were developed: the Cougar, Javelina and Safari. The Cougar was the least expensive bow in the line, the Javelina was a middle priced bow and the Safari was the top of the line. Later that year a bow was added. It had long working limbs, instead of the semi-recurved limbs of earlier bows. The limbs were wide to resist twisting, yet still have cast. The window was high, six and 3/4 inches.. The machines that made the bow could work wood within 1/1000 of an inch. Thus the ad "Perfection by Pearson" The Palomino" was born. The success of the bow causes the factory to be six weeks behind on orders for the Palomino."

CKruse

[Horney Toad]

Some of those Pearson target bows were dandys. I liked some of the wild laminations on some of the Palominos were nice. Even the Colt had a beefy riser and were real stable shooters.

[trapperDave]

Pearsons are junk, dont buy Pearson bows.....especially off epay  

[ckruse]

Here's the pictures of the bow I spoke of last night. They don't do it justice, but I just put it down on the deck and took a few pics! I'll spare you the photos of the nasty box and plastic sleeve! CKruse

First paperwork:
 
 

[ckruse]

A few shots of the riser, overlays, and laminations:

 
 
 

[ckruse]

Another overlay and a braced picture. Later on today she will launch what I believe will be her first arrows! CKruse
 
 

[ckruse]

Thanks Bill, sometimes I'm just lucky!    CKruse

[Blackhawk]

Now that's a BP I could live with!

Was the Pinto of that time period just a lesser quality model than your Palamino?  Maybe like a Bear Grizzly compared to the Kodiak?

[trapperDave]

WOW.......................WOW..........................................and again WOW. I am so jealous right now!!!!

[Blackhawk]

CKruse,

Do you suggest that we contact a physician if the condition lasts longer than 4 hours?   :rolleyes:

[yellow bow]

real sweet! that sure is a honey.

[Falk]

plans for today:
- update my dictionary for one term
Check!

That bow has class! Cant belive it's still a virgin! But I guess, your/a bowner will help her out of that misery ...!?

Can you post a close up from the "bumper stringer" paper? Never seen or heard of it before. Sounds pretty neat

Congrats,
Falk

[Blackhawk]

This reminds me of a movie...

"Yep, you gotta right pretty bow there boy."

 

[MJB]

 

[TRAP]

I dont think anyone said it backwards, so I will


WOW!!!!!!!!

Trap

[ckruse]

Here you go Falk. It's amazing that even "back in the day" archery had it's share of gadgets and gizmo's! It's entertaining sometimes for me to page through the old catalogs and see things like the "Smok-Clip" for holding your cigarette, etc.   :rolleyes:  CKruse
 

[Falk]

Thanks Cameron, that's nice!
This is so cool, now I have only to figure out a way as to how it can be attached to my Koenigsegg  :D