Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: willie on October 23, 2020, 08:45:15 pm
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the website imprinted on bottom of the copy of the old catalog page says these are Hoyts, but a search of the model numbers brings up nothing.
what are they? any comments on the reflex designs?
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Yup - go to this site ht tp://www.vintagearchery.org/catalogs-by-year.html and open up 1950s Hoyt Catalog no. 6. (There don't seem to be ads, but I put a space in the http just in case.)
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I don't remember the ads, but they were THE bow back then and on into the wheelie era. My buddy was trying to save up to buy a top of the line Hoyt while we were in high school, something like $40 USD!
Hawkdancer
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thanks for the link, Timbo lots of old info collected at the vintagearchey site
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They certainly could be, as Hoyt was around during the wooden archery era, 1931> That being said I can't remember seeing anything like that from Hoyt in old magazines, or in vintage archery equipment on ebay. Sorry, not much help, but they are cool bows.
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the top model's unstrung profile looks like it would make a great shape for a selfbow caul... :)
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the top model's unstrung profile looks like it would make a great shape for a selfbow caul... :)
my thought also, Bob.
the bow is a hoyt from the 50's, confirmed from Timbos link
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the top model's unstrung profile looks like it would make a great shape for a selfbow caul... :)
I was thinking that myself - it looks like a pretty good design!