Seeking any info on an old Glenn St. Charles bow

[DVET253]

My dad has an old Glenn St. Charles compound from his early archery days. It's been a case queen most of its life as the pictures show. Im looking for any info on it that you all may have, production years, was it limited, etc.. He's the original owner, and has some receipts from Northwest Archery, but none for the bow and case it self. So far I've found that its Martin Buckskin Signature, but from what I understand its actually a Warthog riser? Im guessing it's not worth much as at point time other than a really cool collectable. Thanks for your time!

[jackelope]

I sent a message to Jay St.  Charles with a link to this.

[DVET253]

Wow! Awesome jackelope, thanks for sending it on.

[STIKNSTRINGBOW]

I had one of those back in the 70's, was my first bow, and served me well.

[dreamunelk]

I sent a message to Jay St.  Charles with a link to this.

 
Talk to Jay.

No matter what you have real cool piece of archery history!  Thank you for sharing.

[jackelope]

From Jay:

Back story
In the mid ‘70’s Browning made a little wood riser two wheeler with a lumpy green pair job. They called the Nomad. Because of the lumpy paint job, we nicknamed it the “warthog”.
We sold quite a few of the Brownings, but we told Martin they should make one like it, but a better one, no plastic parts. So they did. They liked named “warthog” and initially copied the lumpy paint job.
But we wanted a better looking bow, so they made the same bow for us with a smooth stained finish and we called it the Buckskin. This was about ‘76. Eventually all Martin wood risers went to the multi-lam riser seen in this bow. They progressed from the wide two wheel to the narrow wheel with cable guard about 1982
The limbs in bow pictured were made in 1984 (the serial number on the limbs prefixed with 4 tells us that).
Yes, looks like new. A 1984 time capsule
The early cams debuted in 1982, but we still sold many more round wheels until these bows finally left the new market in the mid nineties.
Most Buckskins we hand assembled, buying them in parts. They shared the same components with the Martin Cougar ll, which we also sold many of.
This sales and assembly activity was out of our St.Charles family store, The Northwest Archery Company at its location in Normandy Park 1949-2006

My father hand signed all of the Buckskins throughout their production. They were all retailed directly from our own store.
I last hunted with my father at MacKay Lake, NWT, in 1994, for Central Canada Caribou. He was hunting with the earlier, wide simpler two wheel version. Neither he or I killed a Caribou that ‘94 trip, described in my Dads book, “Bows on the Little Delta”, but he did catch a 37” laker!

[DVET253]

All,
  It's times like these that I appreciate how meticulous my dad can be. He brought it down to me a short time ago with intent of me selling it to help him with his upcoming new bow purchase. But, I'm thinking this, in the condition it is in, and the northwest history it holds, should stay in the family. He's 67 and pending clearance from the Dr. on his shoulder replacement will still be slinging arrows this upcoming year. I knew someone here would appreciate it and I must say to have the backstory straight from the Charles' bloodline is incredibly cool. Thank you again jackelope for sending the post on to Jay, and to Jay for taking the time to share!

-Jeff

[jackelope]

@pacyew

[nwwanderer]

Just inherited a warthog of similar vintage.  How many companies did Martin 'acquire'.

[nwwanderer]

Did a little research, endorsed by Glenn, probably early 80's, Martin archery build, could be had with recurve limbs, similar to warthog ($40-$60) and worth more because of the hall of famer endorsement.  Thanks for the pics!!

[jackelope]

Is there a bow # on yours like the one above? Jay said the “4” that starts that bow # indicates it was made in 1984.

[The Real Sisu]

@pacyew

I still have mine. It's traveled around. Almost got a set of recurve limbs a few years back. Called Martin they thought there was a pair in the warehouse but they were sold a couple days before I called.



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[DVET253]

Im happy to share the pics, It is a cool piece of archery past.

Jackelope, the @pacyew is Jay's screen name?

[jackelope]

Ya but I don’t think he’s been on the forum in a very long time. He was one of huntwa’s first members.