Black Widow worth the $$$?

[Harmless]

Yep !

[pseman]

I wondered this so I recently purchased one(used) and I have to say they are every bit as nice and fast as I had heard. Are they worth the money? Well, that is one you have to answer for yourself, but I am pretty cheap, and I am glad I spent the money on one.

[Paul WA]

When I grow up maybe I will get a Widow,,,LMAO!

[Steel]

I think the main dislike I hear about BW bows is they aren't a true hand built custom. As stated above there are more bowyers out there starting to use CNC machinery and hireing help nowadays. the CNC machinery is cable of building a bow/limbs to tigher specs than the best human hands that is just the way it is.I have shot a few BW bows and handled many more I always thought they were a very soild bow with above average workmanship and performance.I don"t own a BW right now but I am thinking real hard about ordering one of my own real soon so I say they are worth the money.

[BUFF]

YES
    http://www.buffsblackwidow.com/videos/2007reviewfull2.wmv

[Mojostick]

This Fall, I took both a BW and a Toelke Whip for a test drive. I sent the BW back and kept the Toelke.
To me, the quality of craftsmanship, wood, noise and shootability were all superior with the Toelke Whip.

Not that the Toelke is cheap, but it's still several hundred less than the BW.

I'm not saying the BW wasn't nice, but I wouldn't pay more than $600 for one new, if I could get a Toelke for $700.

Overhead and extensive advertising is very expensive. You wonder how much of that is built in costs for each BW?

[Ia Hawkeye]

Went to Nixa, (BW Factory), shot many many bows,but preferred my Morrison. Bought a Quinn Stallion and liked it better than my Morrison ! I can buy 3 or 4  Quinns for the price of a Widow  or Morrison.
They're all great bows, but are BW's worth the money? To me no!

[leatherneck]

This is a post from the past. If you got the money and want the bow, then buy it. Remember, you can only shoot one bow, so why buy 3-4 cheaper ones if that is not what you want. I spent alot of money on my Morrison and it was worth every penny, to me that is.

[Curveman]

I think of Widows as the "Rolex of bows." If you know watches at all you will likely agree that for the same price or less you can buy a better made, better performing watch. (I might go with the IWC Aquatimer over the Submariner for example). But only "Rolex" has that panache, that "name recognition factor" for some. So worth it? Yes and no. I'd love to have one (or a Rolex or IWC for that matter) but for that price/performance intersect then I would go for a Morrison, Border etc. I'd get a Widow at a good price used.

[Biggie Hoffman]

I sold my Rolex Presidential to buy my 1st widow........

[Bill Kissner]

If I had a dollar for every time this has been argued on the internet I could buy the most expensive Widow made and......I WOULD DO IT TOO.

[Blackhawk]

  Now there's a smart man...good thing you did not own a Timex.

[nontypical]

Own five..YES!!!

[cacciatore]

C'mon Guys there are bow that cost almost the double and maybe they don't worth the half. The price is int he people that pay for it.BW must had been out of business since long time ago if a lot of people did'nt like them

[cacciatore]

Rolex are out buy Patek Philippe

[Lewis Smith]

Very good bow and company. I've had several and would buy another if I needed one.

[Deadbolt]

i wont ever get rid of mine...i will purchase a new set of limbs though!!

[Missing Impossible]

You can buy a couple of Allen Brother strip steaks for dinner or you could buy a truckload of white cans with black lettering.  we're only on this trip once friend, make of it what you will.

[Gordy]

It's not all about the money.

Have you seen some of the force draw curves on these bows ?        

I love a big smooooov bow. (MAV)  I'm cheap too, and the used one I bought doesn't look or shoot a bit different from a new one !

[Dave2old]