Wasp bows & history
The 1975 Wasp compound is a documented artifact, but its manufacturer remains unresolved. It must not be confused with Browning or Black Hawk recurves that shared the name.
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The 1975 Wasp compound is a documented artifact, but its manufacturer remains unresolved. It must not be confused with Browning or Black Hawk recurves that shared the name.
- Origins
- 1975 advertisement
- Founder / founding team
- Compound-bow maker not identified
- Latest documented ownership
- Not established
- Status
- Historical compound · maker identity unresolved
Documented milestones
1975
The linked ad scan advertises a Wasp compound and also depicts a broadhead under patent 3,756,600. The scan does not name the bow’s corporate maker.
Patent clue
The broadhead patent names Richard C. Maleski. This connects the ad to his broadhead design, but does not prove which company manufactured the compound bow.
Model archive
Sources and research limits
A dated acquisition does not establish unchanged present ownership. Unresolved details remain under research.
- Identify the bow’s actual manufacturer
- Do not treat a shared name or adjacent patented product as proof of corporate identity