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Author Topic: How many of you like green glass bows?  (Read 509 times)

Offline Ghost Dog

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How many of you like green glass bows?
« on: December 24, 2009, 01:13:00 PM »
I have always loved green glass on bows. Green glass has not been available for quite some time. The last bow I know of with green glass was the 1999 Howard Hill Centennial bow, which was green on the back and white on the belly. (I am happy to say that I have one!)Other than that, green glass has become a relic of another time, primarily associated with vintage Bear bows.

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Re: How many of you like green glass bows?
« Reply #1 on: December 24, 2009, 01:31:00 PM »
It all depends on the bow.  I do like green glass on some bows but on others not so much.

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Re: How many of you like green glass bows?
« Reply #2 on: December 24, 2009, 01:35:00 PM »
Steve Turay at Northern Mist is getting some green glass for his bows, I believe him a Jerry Brumm went in and got a bunch made. He had some color samples at the GLLI and it should look nice. I like green and brown glass myself.

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Re: How many of you like green glass bows?
« Reply #3 on: December 24, 2009, 01:39:00 PM »
for me clear glass over...just about anything is hard to beat.

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Re: How many of you like green glass bows?
« Reply #4 on: December 24, 2009, 01:47:00 PM »
Ghost,

Would you mind posting a couple of photos of that Hill with the green glass? If you happen to have a few of them filed......Thanks

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Re: How many of you like green glass bows?
« Reply #5 on: December 24, 2009, 01:48:00 PM »
I like the solid colors of the old Bears, green and Artic Grey included.
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Re: How many of you like green glass bows?
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Re: How many of you like green glass bows?
« Reply #7 on: December 24, 2009, 01:54:00 PM »
Love the green glass. I have a 1968 Hoyt Pro Medalist Hunter with green "camo" glass...!
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Re: How many of you like green glass bows?
« Reply #8 on: December 24, 2009, 01:55:00 PM »
I love my green glass Bear bows,but I'll never buy a custom with it.
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Offline Ghost Dog

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Re: How many of you like green glass bows?
« Reply #9 on: December 24, 2009, 07:43:00 PM »
Irish, I have taken pictures of that Hill Centennial, but it looks black in a picture.

JimB, that is a beautiful Bear! What model is it?

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Re: How many of you like green glass bows?
« Reply #10 on: December 24, 2009, 07:52:00 PM »
This old Tri-State Jaguar has woven, Pantherglass, and it looks pretty good.

The old Hoyt Pro Medalist Super Hunter had forest green glass and was very nice.  Frankly, I'm not a big fan of clear glass, I would just as soon have black, gray or green.

 

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Re: How many of you like green glass bows?
« Reply #11 on: December 24, 2009, 08:04:00 PM »
Beautiful bow! Green glass is by far my favorite. It just love how old school it looks.

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Re: How many of you like green glass bows?
« Reply #12 on: December 24, 2009, 08:12:00 PM »
My favorite glass color is the orange on 59 Bear Kodiak. Some of the pastel greens on other old Bears is swell too.

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Re: How many of you like green glass bows?
« Reply #13 on: December 24, 2009, 08:45:00 PM »
Here's a bit of green glass on an Indian Archery recurve

 
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Re: How many of you like green glass bows?
« Reply #14 on: December 25, 2009, 12:21:00 AM »
I've got a 1962 KS with mint green glass. And a 1962 Cub with kind of a olive color glass on the back and white on the belly.

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Re: How many of you like green glass bows?
« Reply #15 on: December 25, 2009, 12:44:00 AM »
I love the green glass. I also had an old Bear that had orange glass that looked really cool. It's to bad you do not see it available more often.  :)
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Re: How many of you like green glass bows?
« Reply #16 on: December 25, 2009, 03:22:00 AM »
I have a John McDonald BigRiver Hill-style longbow with dark green glass.  It is very dark (almost black) and classy looking.  There is just something classy and vintage-looking to some of the colored glass.  I do love clear glass with a nice veneer underneath but would much rather have a nice colored-glass bow than a beautiful veneered clear glass bow with the nasty looking streaks in the clear glass.

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Re: How many of you like green glass bows?
« Reply #17 on: December 25, 2009, 03:32:00 AM »
Yes green glass is nice. My 150# Bobby loften recurve had green glass. Marlon
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Re: How many of you like green glass bows?
« Reply #18 on: December 25, 2009, 07:51:00 AM »
My old Kodiak Magnum,green glass and green riser,a sweet little bow.

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Re: How many of you like green glass bows?
« Reply #19 on: December 27, 2009, 08:15:00 AM »
this is a green glass 1975 Bear Kodiak Magnum.
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