Guido Posted August 13, 2022 Report Share Posted August 13, 2022 This blonde bow is stamped on the butt end to have originated from a three letter acronym. What is visible of those letters does not match any of the usual suspects for me. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duane88 Posted August 14, 2022 Report Share Posted August 14, 2022 "GDR"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guido Posted August 14, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2022 3 hours ago, duane88 said: "GDR"? I have got a couple of bows stamped GDR, and that was my first thought too, but it doesn't seem to match very well. Some of the visible lines do not fit/ form part of the alleged letters. I thought it could read BRD (which is the German acronym for FRG), but that would be odd in conjunction with the English "MADE IN..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Bean Posted August 14, 2022 Report Share Posted August 14, 2022 Made in GDR (German Democratic Republic), the former Deutsche Demokratische Republik. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blank face Posted August 14, 2022 Report Share Posted August 14, 2022 USA? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacobsaunders Posted August 14, 2022 Report Share Posted August 14, 2022 56 minutes ago, Blank face said: USA? they don't make anything there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blank face Posted August 14, 2022 Report Share Posted August 14, 2022 5 minutes ago, jacobsaunders said: they don't make anything there Donuts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Bean Posted August 14, 2022 Report Share Posted August 14, 2022 After the 2nd world war a lot of good violin craftsmen in the eastern part of Germany (later called DDR) went to the western part of Germany (later called BRD f.i. Bubenreuth, near the city of Erlangen). Violin- and bowmakers who remained lost a lot of independence and had to work in a so called "Genossenschaft" or a factory for violins and bows, all under certain political control from the communist government. Mass production by people who were not really interested in quality and mediocre materials led to questionable products as shown above. In the former violin production centres in Czechoslowakia and Romania you had similar processes. I have seen a lot of bows, some stamped "made in GDR" but never, never a stamp made in BRD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacobsaunders Posted August 14, 2022 Report Share Posted August 14, 2022 12 minutes ago, Mr. Bean said: After the 2nd world war a lot of good violin craftsmen in the eastern part of Germany (later called DDR) went to the western part of Germany (later called BRD f.i. Bubenreuth, near the city of Erlangen). It was in particular the (Sudetendeutsche) population of Schönbach that were expelled from Czechoslovakia who moved there, although some east Germans did too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blank face Posted August 14, 2022 Report Share Posted August 14, 2022 32 minutes ago, Mr. Bean said: I have seen a lot of bows, some stamped "made in GDR" but never, never a stamp made in BRD. The reason is that the Abbreviation BRD was used by the DDR only, while the officials in the Bundesrepublik insisted in being the one and only real Germany and nothing else. The bow in question looks to me like Markneukirchen or Czech made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Burgess Posted August 14, 2022 Report Share Posted August 14, 2022 4 hours ago, Blank face said: USA? 4 hours ago, jacobsaunders said: they don't make anything there I had hoped that it was Americans who could take credit for inventing leather "hot pants" worn by men, but alas, the Austrians and Bavarians got there first... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacobsaunders Posted August 14, 2022 Report Share Posted August 14, 2022 25 minutes ago, David Burgess said: I had hoped that it was Americans who could take credit for inventing leather "hot pants" worn by men, but alas, the Austrians and Bavarians got there first... not even that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Burgess Posted August 14, 2022 Report Share Posted August 14, 2022 11 minutes ago, jacobsaunders said: not even that God bless the USA, where men are men, and Buffalo have learned to keep their tails down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wood Butcher Posted August 14, 2022 Report Share Posted August 14, 2022 1 hour ago, David Burgess said: God bless the USA, where men are men, and Buffalo have learned to keep their tails down. Why did the Buffalo have to learn to keep their tails down in America? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanJ Posted August 15, 2022 Report Share Posted August 15, 2022 12 hours ago, jacobsaunders said: they don't make anything there I'm really saddened we haven't produced such large quantities of gorgeous, lacquered tomato sticks here. I guess we must resign, out of shame and dimwittedness, to scratch our heads over what was stamped on them before we chuck them in our gardens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Mark Posted August 15, 2022 Report Share Posted August 15, 2022 14 hours ago, jacobsaunders said: they don't make anything there 2 hours ago, JRyan said: I'm really saddened we haven't produced such large quantities of gorgeous, lacquered tomato sticks here. I guess we must resign, out of shame and dimwittedness, to scratch our heads over what was stamped on them before we chuck them in our gardens. Don't be depressed. I thought the bow below was a Trico force high performance. Maybe its from a Datsun, but in any case it's easy to find American-made bows like these so lah-de-dah Jacob.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacobsaunders Posted August 15, 2022 Report Share Posted August 15, 2022 14 hours ago, David Burgess said: God bless the USA, where men are men, and Buffalo have learned to keep their tails down. 13 hours ago, Wood Butcher said: Why did the Buffalo have to learn to keep their tails down in America? I would still be curious why American buffalo have to keep their tails down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blank face Posted August 15, 2022 Report Share Posted August 15, 2022 42 minutes ago, jacobsaunders said: I would still be curious why American buffalo have to keep their tails down It can be only something of these "don't say..." matters what they have there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Burgess Posted August 15, 2022 Report Share Posted August 15, 2022 15 hours ago, Wood Butcher said: Why did the Buffalo have to learn to keep their tails down in America? Where do you suppose the name "cow-boys" came from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacobsaunders Posted August 15, 2022 Report Share Posted August 15, 2022 1 hour ago, David Burgess said: Where do you suppose the name "cow-boys" came from? Perhaps I’m not so curious after all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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