Originally posted by Orion:
The D-shape on current mild r/d longbows isn't quite as D-shaped as it is on Hills and other straight or slightly setback limbed bows. ...
"...isn't quite as D-shaped"? In what way?
Besides using my peepers alone, the test for me is with a 6" metal straight edge laid and moved slowly along each limb. If there aren't any
significant flat spots I call it a curve. "Significant" because ALL curves are created from "flat spots". There ARE SOME "mild r/d" limbed bows with tips that exhibit a small about of flat, but not a Mohawk, Liberty, Horne Traditionalist, Abbott, Sunset, etc., etc. What you will find with a reflex longbow ("Hill style") is MORE curve near the tips. To me, a curve is a curve, and my 'Hawks all have contiguous classic "D" limb curve when braced.