One of Bear's greatest shooting bows. Unfortunately, the limb tip laminations were made out of some sort of impregnated cardboard and were prone to cracking or delaminating altogether with age. I have repaired a few that did not have major tip failure beforehand. 59 was the only year Bear did this. The years 58 and 60 were glass tips. If I had to choose only one I would go with the 1960.