Iam not sure its worth it or not. Its very old but in great shape the name on it is nippon   and it has some roman numbers on it. It cost $50 bucks to have it rehaird think its worth it or should i just spend $50 bucks on a cheepy Bow?

too hard to tell, bring it to a shop to get their opinion. It's probably junk

Definately take it to the shop for a look see. Nippon is Japan, some are also marked with a flower imprint. A .. darned if I can remember ... Chrysanthemum ... yeah that one... Some nice student grade bows some not so much........ R/

I see you've already gotton good advice here. 

I love Goodwill!  It's amazing the treasures you will find...

I own two Nippon bows, for various reasons, didn't buy them.  They are both pretty poor.  I don't use them.   I do still use my K Holtz FG bow, model 10.  It's balanced reasonably well, a medium weight, around 61 grams I think.  They cost the same or less than you're looking at for the Nippon bow, and would come with brand new hair, all in all about half price to what you're looking at, with the cost of the rehair.    Here's a link to what I'm talking about. 

http://www.audubonstrings.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/1142 

I've never bought anything from Audubon strings, it was just the first place I found this bow, so to be clear, not promoting this seller, just the bow. 

if your haveing korinthian violins rehair your bow she will tell you if its worth rehairing for $34 dollars i could sell you one of my glasser bows there new i can,t use them there to heavy for me thats what it cost me there beginers bows i never heard of the kind of fiddle your getting but then i don,t know every thing

I think she charges $50 to rehair. And it does have a flower on it in between the words " Trade * Mark" seems loke a nice bow.

"Nice bow" totally depends on the playability. If it has enough hair to play at all, you might be able to tell if it has a feel you like or not- but you're probably too new to have that sense.

I think the advice to get a K. Holtz is good.
I have two.
Bought one myself, the other came with a fiddle.
Both have a fairly sweet sound regardless of the fiddle I play with them (bows bring out different qualities in different fiddles, not always good ones- like if a bow brings out more treble in a fiddle that already has too much, it's NOT a good thing!) and are pretty well balanced and forgiving. Both have a similar feel so I think they're probably pretty consistent, which isn't always the case with bows of the same model.

When I got my first K. Holtz, it was way better than the cheap wood bow I had and better than many I had tried.
They're not my favorite bow now, but if I pick one up and use it by accident, it doesn't wreck my playing, they are quite useable.

Poor bows in my experience.

Hi Jimmy,

Have you tried Southwest String, they have bows starting @$35 new

http://www.swstrings.com/catalog/bows/violin

Here is a place out of California that sells all levels of bow, beginners starting @50 bucks. . .

Lemuel Violins     http://www.violins.ca/bows/index.html

Thanks Nick I ordered one. why pay $50 bucks for a rehair when Bows are a dime a dozen.........lol

I will add this, I played on my K Holtz bow, for about 4-5 months, and then had it rehaired.  It played and sounded much better after the rehair.  So my conclusion was that the hair on the cheap bows, is of a lower quality than what most places will use to rehair a bow with.  Thus I would say, assuming you like the bow you ordered, plan on rehairing it sometime in the first 6 months, and you may really like it then.   

Hey Jimmy maybe see you at MKE's Irish Fest. There are open session throught out the day all 4 days. .. nf

I love Irish fest cant wait....