Hud – Hopefully we will have documented all of our quiver modifications so 50 years from now, any person capable of researching the then probably obsolete Internet, will be able to figure out how we spent our time modifying all of the quivers they can not find in original unaltered condition.
Do plan to devote a chapter to altered quivers, in a book about Fred Bear’s Hunting Quivers that hopefully will get finished up before I check out.
Yes, Frank Scott's "The Bow Quiver" article is nicely laid out and nicely written, but it is brief summary of Bear’s bow quivers and is not complete.
Collectors have discovered many other different models of Bear's Production model Scabbard and Leather Cap quivers in addition to the four shown in Frank's article. Plus many documents from the era exist that verify the legitimacy of additional quivers.
There is no “speculation about when things were introduced” if the actual original documents from the era are cited. Specifying the exact year, month, day, title, and page number of original documents is the only way to establish verifiable historically accurate dates for each item.
If you note the only original reference document cited in the article is Fred’s Bow Quiver Patent, which is in the bottom half of the article and provides accurate dates for when the application was filed and when the patent was granted.
During the 1990s, I was very fortunate to have spent several days at the Bear Museum and even more fortunate to have spent many hours with Frank Scott talking about old time archery as well as discussing and handling items in the museum. There was no finer man than Frank, he was truly a wonderful person.
Keep in mind that Frank was an archery historian from the standpoint that he experienced living through the old days at Bear Archery and talked about his experiences as he remembered them. Frank was much different than those who are 20 years or more his junior, and must research the documents of the era for answers. Oftentimes, Frank told me things I’d never heard from others or read, and likewise many times I told him specific dates, events, products or models that he was not aware of. I asked Frank hundreds of questions, many he could answer, others remain unanswered to this day. There is still lots to learn for all of us…
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