Rare Green Stipe?

[2treks]

Has anybody looked at this riser?
130677406756

[hayslope]

It's been documented in previous Gainesville riser registries with photos.

No serial number, so it's probably a prototype.

Neat location for the coin.

[cacciatore]

Chuck,it is one of a kind and very nice looking with those green overlays.I would love to own it if it was a lh.I think it comes from the Bill Steward collection.

[2treks]

I really like the look. And coming from the Bill Stewart collection is a plus. I really admire his contributions to our great sport.
That Green is cool,

CTT

[Migra Bill]

Yep it from the Bill Stewart collection. Very high end piece with alot of high end bidders eyeing this one.

[2treks]

Thats what I am seeing Bill. What a sweet Riser tho eh??

CTT

[Horney Toad]

That's a pretty one.

[Lucas K]

I thought this was part of the "bearied treasure" collection...

[OBXarcher]

Any guesses what it ends at ? Sure wish I didn't have to write uncle Sam a big fat check

[vintage-bears]

I have been saying here on TG that the early green stripe risers are following the footsteps of the wood Grayling handles for awhile now.

This handle is the prototype for those
"Series 2" handles.
Until this one surfaced, I have not seen one or anything like it.

Once settled in the new plant in Gainseville,
I'm sure Fred had instructed his bowyer (Bill Stewart) to put one together to get them refined and back into production as soon as can be done.

Whether Fred or Bill decided to use green glass on this handle, we will never know but at the end of the day, it's PapaBear's decision on the final design and as we all know, he decided to go with black instead of green glass.
That handle is also solid futurewood,like the Grayling handles, No laminated wood like the production handles incorporated.
The shelf is sloped (not flat)like a C wood riser which reinforces to me that it's a prototype. The obvious tinkering with medallion placement is another one.

Being an early EXP handle,
I thought it might have the original type sockets and yokes (silver soldered), but it has the modern type (2 screws) holding the yokes to the sockets. So there was some redesigning/refining of a newer type latch system going on before this handle wood was even glued together.

I think this handle is marvelous and very historical as well. A great collector piece and should be displayed somewhere.

It should sell for a pretty penny and whatever the final sales price.......it's worth it IMHO.

Good Luck Bidders.........Philip

[OBXarcher]

Is this a wall hanger or a very usable bow ?

[Horney Toad]

Looks perfect to me.

[MR BILL SHORTY]

Who got it? Looked like a fair price for something like that to me.                   Some one from New York maybe?

[Horney Toad]

The highest priced green stripe I ever saw. I don't think it is a bad deal. You will never find another!

[2treks]

That price don't seem out of line. I wonder if it will get shot,or stored away.

[vintage-bears]

Worth every penny IMHO.

[OBXarcher]

Not me. Congrats to who ever got it

[Missaukee]

I thought the brown limbs came with it! Good thing I don't have any money.

[Missaukee]

To add something to what Vintage Bears said. This riser is solid futurewood (maple). It is not laminated maple like the production run. The handles were laminated maple Futurewood from serial 2400 or so through to the high 5000's. Around serial number 5900 or so they changed to laminated birch (ugly in my opinion).  

Has anyone ever seen a solid FW Green stripe with a serial number?

The handle in the 1982 Catalog is very similar to this one. No serial number, rounded shelf, solid wood, however the cap overlays are black and white and the stripe appears to be dark FW, not green. So, there are other handles like this in the world somewhere, perhaps none with the green overlays though.

[cacciatore]

Very interesting!