I owned a couple ma model widows 20 yrs ago and they were good bows, I then went on a quest for the holy grail and ended up owning at least 1 of every major bow company out there. I now am back shooting widows and they are at the top of the game as far as Im concerned. One of my biggest peeves in the old days was you chose greybark or autumn oak and that was it, neither is overly pretty as far as im concerned, but todays black widow is a different cat and the sky is the limit, exotic woods,skins, engraving, overlays you can truley get a custom bow that still shoots great, very well made, and customer service thats legendary.