As I stated on the thread, "Jack Zwickey Has Passed", Jack wanted to know if I had found any Black Diamond broadheads among Hugh Rich's collection. I didn't. If Hugh had any, I have no idea what he did with them. During one of our phone conversations, Jack said he would pay up to $100 each for a Black diamond. You better know I searched, and searched everywhere, to no avail.
Here's the letter Jack sent me.
Jim, the letter pretty much says it all. High demand and, in the beginning, a one man operation. Not exactly a high volume operation. No chance of keeping up with orders on a timely basis. Make it and send it on its way.
Here's the article Jack sent me. It's 11"x14" and doesn't fit on my scanner, so I had to scan one half at a time. You'll have to hold your tongue right to read it.
A very cool piece of our history. Did he mention how he, of all people, came to not have any?
Cliff and Jack with Jack's buck taken at Camp Ripley, MN 1955.
At the NFAA Nationals, Three Rivers, WI, 1948.
L-R: Jack, Roy Hoff, owner and editor of Archery magazine, Mrs. Everett Johnson, unknown and Everett Johnson, editor of The Feathered Shaft magazine.
Jack grinding, 1975.
Jack spot welding, 1971.
Jack and Cliff, 1971.
A few photos. Some of these are on the Zwickey Archery website. They are copies Hugh made, with permission, of photos Jack had sent him.
Cliff Zwickey experimenting with broadheads.