Longbow917,
I was the same way. He has been building a Wildcat, rear mounted limb bow for a number of years. I thought it was ugly to be honest. I got him to make a few changes to it but still never liked it.
Forward to the end of 2011 some time. This fella named Matt, teamfudd, on here, started bending Roman's ear. He and I together talked Roman into making a shorter riser, putting a little more bend in the riser, and thus Roman built what I think is the PERFECT bow, The BOBCAT. Although I love the way the longbow shoots and performs, I love the curves of a recurve even better.
There will be a thread coming soon with my Bobcat Recurve!!