I have told this story before but once in a while on these threads I post it again.
Before I bought my BW if I was of any mind set it was that the BW just looked odd and I liked a more streamline look.
It came time to buy my wife a new recurve. We were at Cloverdale and I told her "shoot any bow here and see what you like". Well she shot every bow that fit her including a BW PSA. She said "Wow" I like this one. I said, OK if that is what you want....... Well, she said I don't know let me shoot a couple more and see. She did, and wound up back at the Widow booth and again said this is the best. Again she declined buying that day.......
Next week at Compton we did the rounds again, and again she wound up at the Widow booth and said "well thats it, I want this one". I said give me that thing. I want to see what the heck is so great. I shot 5 arrows in a group and my arrows had to be the wrong spine for that light bow.
I went to the Widow booth and selected one in my weight. What I saw was an immediate correction or improvement over my personal bows in how I grouped to center.
We ordered my wife a bow and for 2 weeks I kept thinking about that BW. I asked my wife if she thought the budget could stand another BW and she said OK. I ordered mine and like I said in my earlier post, it is the bow I shoot best. Now, I think they are good looking bows, and as others say tough.
Bottomline, for me is this is the bow that fits me. They may not fit the next guy, and that is just how things are.
Anyhow my point is, I did not buy for the name, it was how that bow improved my grouping. As far as my wife. She had no knowledge about hype or who built one bow or another. For her it was also what she shot best.
No matter what, a guy needs to try a bow first to decide if it feels right. No one can tell a guy what will shoot well or feel good in his hand.
Regards,
Bill