When I visited the Bearpaw Headquarters in Rossach yesterday I learned that another shipment of new Bearpaw natural feathers had arrived and are ready for delivery to the customers. The warehouse is being stocked up with the Bearpaw feathers. For the shield form feathers the lengths of 5″, 4″ and 3″ are now available in all of the popular colors and I must say: The feathers just look GREAT! And beyond that we will be able to provide feathers in the parable form in the lengths of 5″, 4″ and 3″ in various colors in approximately 4 weeks.
The Bearpaw natural feathers rise above all competitors through a somewhat flatter shield form (faster arrow speeds) as well as the new Zebra colors and of course the unbeatable price and we want the thank all of the archers who have shown a great demand for our Zebra striped feathers. Below are some snapshots of the new Bearpaw natural feathers I was able to take when I was in the warehouse yesterday.
This weekend we shot the brand new part of the Feel the Spirit series. Other than usual, we didn’t spend much time in nature, but tried to capture some nice and challenging ‘trick shots’. We are looking forward to your feedback. As usual, it is possible for you to watch the video in HD quality on youtube if you choose the quality accordingly in the menu prompt. Enjoy and have fun!
After the successful introduction of the Bearpaw Penthalon carbon shafts we are adding the next series to our Online Shop. In addition to wood pattern Timber shafts you will find the black ‘Slim Line’ shafts.
The available spines are 500, 600, 800, 1000 as well as the super soft 1300 just like the Timber shafts. The technical data can be found in our Bearpaw Blog under the heading ‘Penthalon’ or directly through the URL www.penthalon.com
The first production run of these new shafts arrived at the Bearpaw headquarters this week. After they have passed the quality control checks they will be available for delivery at the end of the week. This is the first time in a long time that a European carbon arrow product has been able to achieve a significant market position with the archers.
A few weeks ago as I was driving up to the Bearpaw headquarters in Rossach I was very surprised to see Henry and Christoph shooting dozens for carbon arrows at a concrete slab and taking notes. When I asked them what they were doing they explained to me that they were conducting an extreme practical test with carbon arrows which were constructed with a variety of different layer orientations in order to determine what the most ideal combination for
the new Bearpaw “Penthalon” product line should be.
And now after a long series of test, fine-tuning and deliberation we are ready: The first “Penthalon” series shafts are ready for shipment. You can use the www.penthalon.com links or utilize the menu selection “Penthalon” on the Bearpaw blog to find all of the available information about the new carbon shafts. I would especially like to mention that this is the FIRST time (!) that carbon shafts are being offered with a wood pattern. And they are real eye-catchers!
The Slim-Line carbon shafts are available in spines from 500 to 1300 and replace the popular Bearpaw Hunter + carbon arrows effective immediately.
Effective immediately you will be able to find our brand new Bearpaw Feathers using the menu item “Fletches & Feathers” –> “Bearpaw Turkey Feathers” in the Bearpaw Online Shop. Turkey feathers are, as always, the best possible feathers when using natural feathers on arrows. For this reason Bearpaw Products has decided to take control of the production process of the turkey feathers.
Bearpaw oversees the production of the natural feathers insuring that they are produced following strict guidelines. We monitor the treatment process to insure that the bleach and coloring that are used are harmless and that they conform to the European guidelines. We also set high standards for the exact and high quality workmanship and properties of the feathers. We also insure that the feathers meet our high quality standards with regard to the form, length, surface feel and properties of the feathers.
We will start the offering the new left-wound feather from our own Bearpaw feather production this week. The right-wound feather will then be introduced next week receiving them in our warehouse. It should be noted that the left-wound feathers are in high demand. Left-wound feathers have a positive effect on the arrow reflex for right handed archers. With the left-wound feathers from Bearpaw we strengthen and optimize this effect even more.
The shield form of the Bearpaw feathers is cut somewhat flatter than those of other feathers on the market, in order to make a higher arrow speed possible. On my last visit to the Bearpaw headquarters I was able to steal a look at the barred feather that will be appearing shortly. I must say they have done an excellent job with it also. In this same place on Wednesday next week there will be more detailed information about the RW and barred Bearpaw feathers available.
Today we added our new Bearpaw natural feathers to our online shop. Our goal is to give our customers better quality and price choices. With the barred feathers that we sell we were able to offer drastically better prices than the competition especially when comparing the full length feathers. It pays off to take the time and compare the quality and prices exactly. Bearpaw feathers are available in both left and right wound versions.
The Bearpaw natural feathers stand up to the high demands of the archer and have excellent properties. The feathers are produced following our strict guidelines, in order to offer the perfect combination of quality and price. During the production of the “Bearpaw Archery Feathers” we pay heed to following the strict EG guidelines, to insure that we produce absolutely nontoxic and harmless feathers.
Beyond that, today we have added a new product group to our Natural Feathers
offerings.
Feathers of the color: Bearpaw Zebra Stripe
We have chosen a completely new color pattern for our natural feathers. The coloring of the individual feathers is similar to the pattern of the zebra and expresses absolute aesthetics. Many archers have reacted enthusiastically in regard to these feathers. Similar to our barred feathers, these colors are absolutely weatherproof and available in several combinations.
Quality Bearpaw Natural Feathers
The usable length of a full length feather is 8 to 11 inches. this applies to the single, barred and zebra colored feathers.
Optimized base strength
Optimized base width
Brilliant coloring and color fastness
Weatherproof colors
New attractive feathers in the Bearpaw Zebra colors
Optimized form of shield feathers for higher arrow speeds
Clean and nontoxic feathers
Produced using the excellent German quality principles
Effective immediately you will be able to findour brand new Bearpaw Feathers using the menu item “Feathers” –> “Bearpaw Natural Feathers” in the Bearpaw Online Shop. Turkey feathers are, as always, the best possible feathers when using natural feathers on arrows. For this reason Bearpaw Products has decided to take control of the production process of the turkey feathers.
Bearpaw oversees the production of the natural feathers insuring that they are produced following strict guidelines. We monitor the treatment process to insure that the bleach and coloring that are used are harmless and that they conform to the European guidelines. We also set high standards for the exact and high quality workmanship and properties of the feathers. We also insure that the feathers meet our high quality standards with regard to the form, length, surface feel and properties of the feathers.
We will start the offering the new left-wound feather from our own Bearpaw feather production this week. The right-wound feather will then be introduced next week receiving them in our warehouse. It should be noted that the left-wound feathers are in high demand. Left-wound feathers have a positive effect on the arrow reflex for right handed archers. With the left-wound feathers from Bearpaw we strengthen and optimize this effect even more.
The shield form of the Bearpaw feathers is cut somewhat flatter than those of other feathers on the market, in order to make a higher arrow speed possible. On my last visit to the Bearpaw headquarters I was able to steal a look at the barred feather that will be appearing shortly. I must say they have done an excellent job with it also. In this same place on Wednesday next week there will be more detailed information about the RW and barred Bearpaw feathers available.
On the weekend the Bearpaw team was putting four Backstop nets through their paces. They were shooting with #28 and #53 bows from the distances of 10, 15, 18, 30 and 50 meters. You can see the details in a short documentary that we made during our tests. Below are 2 videos, each about 8 minutes long, the technical summary from Harald Fischer as well as several pictures taken during the testing.
.Here is the data sheet of the test results as an .xls file for downloading: >>>click here<<<
.The results can be summarized as such:
In the category of “Arrow stoppage from all distances with both bow types” the Bearpaw Backstop net had the best results. Of the 120 arrows that were shot only 11% got through. The next best net had 28% pass throughs and the worst net 42% shots were NOT stopped.
For distances of 18 meters and greater the pass through rate for the Bearpaw Backstop net was between 3% and 4%, the others let up to 47% through.
An aged Bearpaw Backstop net (Type 1a – an old sample from 1Q/2010) displayed no significant deficiencies compared to a new net.
The following general statements do NOT apply to arrow stopping nets: “The higher the pull-rating for a bow, the easier the shoot through” - “The shorter the distance to the net, the more shoot throughs”
These formulas are far more complex and are effected by a combination of factors including the bulk and structure of the net material on the one side and on the other side how the net is hung, the properties of the arrow and the type of bow (e.g. through this the combined kinetic energy of the arrow). Additionally it makes a difference if the arrow hits a ‘hill’ or ‘valley’ of the folds in the net.
With a high rate of hits in a small net area it cannot be ruled out that a hole might be hit. The measuring error that this causes appears to be small and negligible and is in the lower percentages.
There are now two new bows instantly expanding the line of Bearpaw bows. On one side there is the Crow – it is short hunting recurve with a classic and traditional style, which is a high-power and at the same time comfortable bow through its strong and dynamic recurve form. As this bow is only 58″ long it can still achieve a pull of 32″ with no noticeable stacking problem.
On the other side the Cree has the style of a flat bow and follows the look of the Cree Indian’s bows. With its compact length of only 62 inches it is remarkably easy to handle and is very easy to pull to its full pull length of 32 inches when shooting. This bow conforms to the International Field Archery Association (IFAA) rules as well as their local organizations rules and should be able to be used in competitions without any problems. Below are pictures of these new bows.
in recent weeks Bearpaw Products was faced with high order intakes as well with a high growth rate. Additional, new product lines had been introduced, like the Bearpaw Feathers or the new bpb-wax. Also, we are heading straight towards one season peak at the traditional bow shooters sport area. This in a whole led to increased efforts in our shipping and logistic department, and therefore to partially too high delays.
Under bad circumstances the delivery of goods partially could have seen delays of up to 5-7 working days. We ask you to accept our apology for that, but hope that our well known quick deliveries (within 2 workdays after placing the order) can be reinstalled shortly in a view weeks.
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