Big Jim, thank you ! I am a proud owner of a Thunderchild, I traded one of my best recurves for it and it is exactly what I was looking for. I love longbows and I own many types of them Hill style like NM Classic, Shrew Hill, R/D like Stalker or Robertson Vision, Classics like my Great Northern Critter Gitter and of course my self bows like my Ed Scott Owl. I was looking for something different, something very un longbow like but every way still a longbow.....the Thunderchild. What a keeper, it defies the laws of longbows that they need to be straight, d shaped and longer than the shooter. This TC is shorter than me (doesn't say much being the dwarf I am) but draws and spits em out right down awesome. The only thing I can't quite understand is how such a big man like Big Jim has made the perfect carbine longbow ? Lol, now I think I know what I am going to ask the bride for my 50th next year.