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Offline Bjorn

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Re: Rare Rastafarian Bow.....Almost
« Reply #20 on: October 14, 2009, 01:10:00 AM »
Wade, thanks for the flattery, and I did discover that Morley was from CA back when this was a different place. I have written to the owner of the pawn shop where the bow came from-but that is likely a dead end.
We/I was thinking about a display case for the bow and the pics all together under one glass. It is not often that we come across a 56" compass that is 63@24, has Fred's printing on it (maybe) and articles to go along with it, describing the man's friendship with one of the very greats of trad archery. Anything you can uncover would be wonderful!
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Re: Rare Rastafarian Bow.....Almost
« Reply #21 on: October 14, 2009, 02:16:00 AM »
Bjorn - Hugh Rich was also on that 1954 Wyoming hunt with Fred, Bob and Nubbie. I have a letter and Photograph that Hugh sent to me about that hunt. I got the letter probably 10 years before Hugh died. I'll send you a copy of Hugh's letter, it has a lot of important information in it that is not printed any where else. A copy of Hugh's letter belongs with Bob's bow.

Will also send first generation copies of the stuff I've posted plus the entire articles. Have a couple of other items that I will also send along.

Will look for the missing article and send that when I locate it.

I can't tell you how pleased I am that you are Preserving Bob's bow rather than cobbling it up.

I hope you are planing on making a large display!
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Re: Rare Rastafarian Bow.....Almost
« Reply #22 on: October 14, 2009, 02:29:00 AM »
What a find this is turning out to be! Yes, we will make the display as big as it needs to be to embrace the story.
I trust Trap will  decide to show it at his earliest opportunity this winter.
Wouldn't it be awesome to find a 22" arrow that BM might have shot?
Can we get you to do an 'expert opinion' on Fred's writing on the bow?
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Offline Wade Phillips

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Re: Rare Rastafarian Bow.....Almost
« Reply #23 on: October 14, 2009, 02:57:00 AM »
Bjorn - This is a photograph of Hugh with his 1954 antelope on that hunt with Fred, Bob and Nubbie. I sent it to Hugh, he signed it with a note and sent it back...

 
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Re: Rare Rastafarian Bow.....Almost
« Reply #24 on: October 14, 2009, 02:59:00 AM »
And to think, I could have sanded away all of that history in about 10 minutes.  

The crack likely saved the writing because I knew I needed to get that crack LTed or filled somehow before I went any further.  Figured I'd have a little fun with it first.

I spoke with Bjorn earlier about the fact that I sanded a " RUSH for _____  _____ " from under the grip area when I refinnished my 55 Kodiak.  I don't remember the name and I have no pics of the writing.  I assumed it was a special order but didnt think about it being anything special now and it probably wasnt but,......

Live and learn

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Re: Rare Rastafarian Bow.....Almost
« Reply #25 on: October 14, 2009, 03:00:00 AM »
Another shot of the usual suspects from 1954...

 
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Re: Rare Rastafarian Bow.....Almost
« Reply #26 on: October 14, 2009, 03:05:00 AM »
Trap - It is even scarier to think that someone may have just used a band saw to cut out the compass and trashed the bow... It scares me when I think of what might have happened to that bow in someone else's hands...
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Re: Rare Rastafarian Bow.....Almost
« Reply #27 on: October 14, 2009, 03:09:00 AM »
Well, I guess tomorrow I will be busy all day tearing all the original leather grips off my Kodiaks looking for clues as to who the original owners were...    :scared:
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Re: Rare Rastafarian Bow.....Almost
« Reply #28 on: October 14, 2009, 06:49:00 AM »
dang it Wade I had him going I was bouts to offer him a deal he could not refuse.Bob was a short sawed off guy and I bet thats his bow for sure.But more importently I have been looking for the guy that beat me out on that bow week before last.Now I know..............bd
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Re: Rare Rastafarian Bow.....Almost
« Reply #29 on: October 14, 2009, 09:48:00 AM »
So Wade, got any idea what part of Wyoming that is?
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Re: Rare Rastafarian Bow.....Almost
« Reply #30 on: October 14, 2009, 10:36:00 AM »
What a find!!!

Fascinating to say the least.
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Re: Rare Rastafarian Bow.....Almost
« Reply #31 on: October 14, 2009, 11:44:00 AM »
Charlie - Fred's group hunted near Gillette, Wyoming. They hunted at least 4 years in a row there. I've hunted in Wyoming since the 1970s as it borders our state on the west and isn't that far. Years ago, I looked up the place on a map, but never followed up and actually went to the site. I could just kick myself now. Always thought there was next year.

I’d forgotten all about it until just now, but sometime in the early 1980s I ran into a fellow not far from Gillette who told me the "Bear Gulch Wyoming" cabin was gone. Remembering back now, guess that is when I sort of lost interest in going to the site.

Come spring, I’m just going to have to head west and locate that old cabin site and find out what is still there.  

Any one else interested in riding along? It is about 11 or 12 hours from my place. Can’t promise you anything but a sore rear end.
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Re: Rare Rastafarian Bow.....Almost
« Reply #32 on: October 14, 2009, 11:59:00 AM »
Doc - Yes, I was asleep at the switch when Morley's bow went off. Have been unconscious a lot lately.

You are correct, Morley was a short sawed off guy, 56", 63#@24" fits him to a T. He was a carpenter by trade but a cowboy at heart and wore that tall white hat that made him look like a bigger guy.

Like you, I'd bet it's Morley's bow too. The greatest thing about the bow is that it was saved by someone who will take care of it now.
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Re: Rare Rastafarian Bow.....Almost
« Reply #33 on: October 14, 2009, 01:52:00 PM »
Wade ripping the leather off a few of your bows is a pretty good idea. You likely have several 56" bows in the same age group..............'54-whatever, that are similar specs to this one, and may well have 'Bob Morley' inscribed in that well recognized lettering. Worth a look? We could all do a massive 'rip along' right here on TradGang?   :biglaugh:
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Offline Wade Phillips

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Re: Rare Rastafarian Bow.....Almost
« Reply #34 on: October 14, 2009, 04:02:00 PM »
Bjorn - "Rip Along" is great idea. We can all take turns...

Let's see Trap went first

If I go second, which of these 56" 1954s would be the best candidate to rip the grip off...

 
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Re: Rare Rastafarian Bow.....Almost
« Reply #35 on: October 14, 2009, 04:34:00 PM »
Nice; but Bob already had one of those-let's go to the next year?
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Re: Rare Rastafarian Bow.....Almost
« Reply #36 on: October 14, 2009, 05:22:00 PM »
gee's I don't believe I let a bunch of bow collecters talk me into cutting the grips off every bow in my collection thinking I would find the holy grail of bows with Fred's name hand writen under the grip.But no no I did'nt find nothing not one thing.What the heck was I thinking anydamnway Fred was lefthanded.bowdoc strikes again  
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Re: Rare Rastafarian Bow.....Almost
« Reply #37 on: October 14, 2009, 05:45:00 PM »
BD, quite a pile of grips there!!!!
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Re: Rare Rastafarian Bow.....Almost
« Reply #38 on: October 14, 2009, 06:04:00 PM »
:biglaugh:     :biglaugh:    :biglaugh:
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Re: Rare Rastafarian Bow.....Almost
« Reply #39 on: October 14, 2009, 06:07:00 PM »
Did you check for Fred's signature under the tongue of the Left Chuck Taylor?  

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