Limbsavers are meant to be put on a trad bow at the tip of the fade outs. Some bows have heavey vibration, are loud and hard to quiet, even with a heavy arrow. These help tremendously in those cases, I have them on 5out of 9 of my trad bows, and they cant hurt anything!! They look a little out of place, but are on my hunting bows, and since trad bows are slower, if you get them whisper quiet, game might not jump the string. Pretty is as pretty does, I have several alum. riser recurves and they shine on these bows! Hope this helps. Sam.