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ElMont L. Bingham
"The Man and the Vision Behind the Bow Kit"
Elmont recalls his first adventure with archery or as they knew it back then, "a bow 'n arrow." While in the third grade, ElMont fashioned a bow from a tree limb and an arrow from a Willow. With the use of common string he had his first bow and arrow. One day while in the class and not doing his reading, 'riting and 'rithmetic, he strung his bow, carefully nocked his arrow and launched it with the technique and accuracy of a well-known Robin Hood. The flying arrow was next seen sticking in the history teacher's prized possession, not a mounted deer, elk or antelope head with trophy-size horns, but rather a picture of Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth President of the United States of America. Needless to say, this act by such a young man was not well received, and in ElMont's words, the penalty was such that he was sure he would never cast an arrow in a classroom again.
This was the beginning of a hobby that was to be a part of ElMont Bingham for a lifetime. Following his years of required education, ElMont studied and graduated in 1950 from Utah State University in Industrial Arts with a Teaching Degree in secondary education. After teaching school for several years, he returned to the university and in 1959 completed his Masters Degree in Industrial Arts Education.
While teaching high school industrial arts, ElMont Bingham sought to develop programs that would allow students the opportunity to be creative, learn to use their hands and to experience success. One of his many projects, which became a popular yearly event, was building a Recurve Bow by following a proven design developed by ElMont. As time passed, it became obvious that if a person, student or adult had access to a few power tools and followed directions, he or she could build a Recurve Bow that they would be pleased to show even to their greatest critic.
In 1958, ElMont started Bingham Archery, later to become Bingham Projects, Inc. He offered proven instructional materials, blue prints and bow kits for building the Recurve Bow, the ever popular Take-Down Recurve and the Longbow as well as the finest in bow making materials.
Today, although not answering telephones and filling orders as he once did, ElMont continues to oversee everyday operations, assuring every opportunity for the avid archer to become a successful bowyer. And thus the bow kit was created.