Custom longbow for a newbie?

[Vintorez]

Thanks all for your thoughts so far. Just bumping this with another question instead of making a new thread: is starting with a Hill style bow a bad idea for a beginner? Are there any factory bows similar to the Hill style or are they usually customs (e.g. HHA bows)?

[Petrichor]

Thanks all for your thoughts so far. Just bumping this with another question instead of making a new thread: is starting with a Hill style bow a bad idea for a beginner? Are there any factory bows similar to the Hill style or are they usually customs (e.g. HHA bows)?

Hill style is a great style for a beginner. A couple companies have a modern very very slightly reflexed D shape bow. Bear Montana and bearpaw Dakota are the 2 I can think of off hand

[McDave]

Samick Sage is now also out as a one piece longbow.  This is kind of strange: why would they use the same name for a one piece longbow that they have used for years for a 3 piece recurve?  I dunno, but if the longbow turns out to be as popular as the takedown recurve, it's probably worth checking out.  It is not really a Hill style longbow, because it has a contoured grip and some reflex/deflex in the limbs, but it might be easier to shoot because of that.