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Tim Newbold - December 1,1958 - August 24, 2006
Tim first visited Martin Archery when he was about 10 years old. He would ride his bicycle over 10 miles to the Martin plant to buy arrows or accessories. He loved the sport so much that I later gave him a job at age 18. During his time at Martin he ran bow production for several years and later joined me in bow design and patent work.
Tim Newbold brought an artist's touch to his work whether he's creating a bow riser or a wildlife illustration. Though he had a design computer in his office, he preferred to draw bows and accessories freehand. We made many prototypes and designed so many bows and accessories together including Firecat, Jaguar and Scepter. We both agreed that the Firecat was the most challenging riser we ever designed.
One popular product Tim designed and Martin produced was the Fall Away arrow rest in laucher version and prong style. Tim was the first to create the design that many companies produce today.There is little difference from the version we made in the 1980’s and the rests today including the arrow holder feature. The market was just not ready for a fall away at that time. Now it is widely received.
For the last few years Tim has continued his art and worked on camouflage for our company. During the last few months Tim and I have been working on some great new riser designs. The designs will be shown soon.
I will miss him so much as a friend and as a fellow designer. Tim worked for Martin Archery for over 25 years. Many features he helped design are on bows of all types on the market today. His work will live on in the bows produced and in future models for 2007 and 2008.
Terry Martin
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Tim first visited Martin Archery when he was about 10 years old. He would ride his bicycle over 10 miles to the Martin plant to buy arrows or accessories. He loved the sport so much that I later gave him a job at age 18. During his time at Martin he ran bow production for several years and later joined me in bow design and patent work.
Tim Newbold brought an artist's touch to his work whether he's creating a bow riser or a wildlife illustration. Though he had a design computer in his office, he preferred to draw bows and accessories freehand. We made many prototypes and designed so many bows and accessories together including Firecat, Jaguar and Scepter. We both agreed that the Firecat was the most challenging riser we ever designed.
One popular product Tim designed and Martin produced was the Fall Away arrow rest in laucher version and prong style. Tim was the first to create the design that many companies produce today.There is little difference from the version we made in the 1980’s and the rests today including the arrow holder feature. The market was just not ready for a fall away at that time. Now it is widely received.
For the last few years Tim has continued his art and worked on camouflage for our company. During the last few months Tim and I have been working on some great new riser designs. The designs will be shown soon.
I will miss him so much as a friend and as a fellow designer. Tim worked for Martin Archery for over 25 years. Many features he helped design are on bows of all types on the market today. His work will live on in the bows produced and in future models for 2007 and 2008.
Terry Martin
