Author Topic: Fred Bear & Fred Kibbe meeting place (Read 3012 times)

Rick Enos · « **on:** January 12, 2014, 08:46:00 AM »

I thought some of you history buffs out there would appreciate this photo.This is a small hamburger stand on the main street of Coldwater Mi.Where Fred Bear & Fred Kibbe(Wolverine archery & tackle) would meet and talk business.This photo was taken in the mid 30s..There was an archery range in the back yard of the restaurant.Owner of the restaurant was Otto Rummsey standing in front of his business.I will post a picture of a Bear made quiver, made for Wolverine archery in a second that was probabily made by Frank Scott possibly a prototype.Frank Scott told me that one of the first bows Fred Bear ever made(THE STAVE) was purchased from Wolverine archery here in Coldwater.

Rick Enos · « **Reply #1 on:** January 12, 2014, 08:59:00 AM »

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Rick Enos · « **Reply #2 on:** January 12, 2014, 09:01:00 AM »

Rick Enos · « **Reply #3 on:** January 12, 2014, 09:02:00 AM »

It has punched into the leather Wolverine & Tackle Coldwater Michigan--With The Indian in a canoe

Rick Enos · « **Reply #4 on:** January 12, 2014, 09:06:00 AM »

Liquid Amber · « **Reply #5 on:** January 12, 2014, 09:10:00 AM »

I love those old photos, especially those with a story. Great piece.

Shane Reed · « **Reply #6 on:** January 12, 2014, 11:52:00 AM »

Very cool! Thanks for sharing. Be nice to see that old stave

Larry m · « **Reply #7 on:** January 12, 2014, 02:25:00 PM »

Hi Rick
Great story and pics. Neat the association of these old outdoorsmen and their way of life. Must have been something back then. Can't quiet make it out but it looks like pork chops or a steak was a quarter!! hahaha.........
I have this very stout, well made old quiver that may be from that era. No marking other then the stamped Indian in the Canoe. In some ways it is similar to the Champion Quiver in the Bear 48/49 catalog only 1/2" longer and wider at the bottem.
Anyway, Great post, Thanks!!!

Rick Enos · « **Reply #8 on:** January 12, 2014, 05:21:00 PM »

Looks like the early Bear archery quiver that Frank Scott stamped.

Rick Enos · « **Reply #9 on:** January 12, 2014, 05:31:00 PM »

Kind of looks like a big restaurant in the picture.The house in the back ground is a house.. the restaurant is just a little thing...as big as the awning on the front.Otto Rumsey in later years started a sporting goods business on the east end of Coldwater.He was a Bear dealer...Wonder how that happened.???It was the Jay's sporting goods hunting head quarters of lower Michigan...I remember as a kid going there with my dad.He looked at guns I looked at the archery stuff.

bowhunterfrompast · « **Reply #10 on:** January 12, 2014, 06:43:00 PM »

Great pieces of history. Keep it coming

Rick Enos · « **Reply #11 on:** January 13, 2014, 12:13:00 PM »

I believe Kibbe also had a quiver that looked close to that one.I'll have to look in my catalogs.I'm sure thay all came from Bear.

Rick Enos · « **Reply #12 on:** January 13, 2014, 12:36:00 PM »

3 different Kibbe arrows..Small game head--Large game head--footed target arrow...

Hobow · « **Reply #13 on:** January 15, 2014, 03:06:00 PM »

Great post, pics and broadheads! Thank you for sharing.

Larry, I have the same quiver but made from a felt lined woven material, canvas possibly, olive green with the same leather top band and bottom cap, same stamped canoe but stamped Bear Archery Co. Detroit so the time frame is definitely correct.

Brad

Larry m · « **Reply #14 on:** January 15, 2014, 05:57:00 PM »

Thank You Rick and Brad
It's always nice to add a bit of timeline and placement. Appreciate your input. This is a nice thread!

bowhunterfrompast · « **Reply #15 on:** January 15, 2014, 06:29:00 PM »

Rick...thanks for posting Kibbe's broadheads and arrows. They are in excellent shape, and rare heads to come by. Especially the Small Game, listed in the ABCC Master List as "Kibbe Light Game Barbed".

Cyclic-Rivers · « **Reply #16 on:** January 15, 2014, 09:40:00 PM »

That stuff is neat. I love hearing the history behind this stuff and seeing the pictures to boot!

Rick Enos · « **Reply #17 on:** January 16, 2014, 07:20:00 AM »

Here are some artifacts that came out of the Kibbe factory.

Rick Enos · « **Reply #18 on:** January 16, 2014, 07:25:00 AM »

This is a photograph of the rooftop Kibbe factory..Supposed to be the first indoor archery range in Michigan...

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This building still stands in Coldwater

Rick Enos · « **Reply #19 on:** January 16, 2014, 07:27:00 AM »

This is a 4 blade Proto type broad head that came out of the Kibbe factory.

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