Hybrid longbow design; how old?

[getstonedprimitivebowhunt]

Me and that bow was made the same year..lol

[Liquid Amber]

I'm not sure what to call them and this design is one of my favorites for general bumming about and hunting, so I'll just order up a "soda" when I next want one.  

[David Mitchell]

d from phx, not to pick on you, my friend, but you made a statement that reflects a lot of the thinking of people in "traditional" archery today,"It has made it easier for me."  Where does that thinking stop?  Compounds came along and became popular because they are "easier."  If easier is what we want and buy, then that will be what's available--and I remember when you could hardly find a "real, honest-to-God" longbow.  This year at Cloverdale there was not one bowyer there selling traditional, American style longbows, but there was a slew of hybrids.  I guess because they're easier.  Please, I hope you do not take offense at my comment because I certainly mean none and am not trying to single anybody out, just felt I wanted to raise a point that seems to be getting lost in "modern traditional" archery.

[Van/TX]

I can remember when no one would be caught dead shooting a longbow (if you could even find one) and this was before compounds were invented ;-)...Van

[coaster500]

Van makes a good point. Recurves displaced Longbows before compounds came along. I think the traditional longbow will always be here but there is room for all. I like the hybrids sweeping lines, longbow weight, smooth draw and recurve speed....just my 2 cents  

[Butch Speer]

I think it's strange when people call their Hill style bows "real" longbows. They're really called American flat bows. English style  longbows "real" longbows. Hill styles really aren't any more "real" longbows than Hybrids.

[David Mitchell]

Butch, that's what I said "American style longbows."