Tradcat, I shoot H.Hill styled bows better than any of the other longbow designs I make. I make two other longbow designs, and a hybrid, and with those I have good days and bad days, but with the Hill styled design, I have mostly good days. Particularly on the Follower Extreme longbow. Whilst designing the follower extreme, I played around with different taper rate on the lams, and riser lengths : overall length ratios, and come up with what I perceive as a bit of a sweet spot, good performance and minimal handshock. But it doesn't matter who made them, or if they are a tad sluggish, and have a bit of a thump on release, I just shoot ASLs, any of them, more consistently.