TradCat, I've been to Scott's shop recently and shot his longbows and recurves. He is great guy and very helpful. If you can I recommend going to B Town, it will make ordering and seeing option easier. His longbow had a great grip, shelf, and weight. Just a little hand shock, wide limbs, great finish and seemed very accurate. He is a recurve shooter but seems to build a lot of longbows. He said one length seems to have less hand shock but forget what it was? He is a very helpful guy and I may be ordering a recurve soon