I had one of the recurves early on in my re-entry into trad. Craftsmanship was solid and very nice, beautiful woods, and I liked how he shaped his limb tips/tip overlays..overall the bow was made very much in his own style. As far as how the recurve shot, not sure if it had to do with the higher middle draw weight...think it was 59@28, but it was a loud bow to my ear with just an average thickness string and whiskers. Being a very slender riser bow with relatively wide thick core limbs it also had a very healthy 'bump' on the shot. I think it would have benefitted greatly from a skinny string with wool wraps as well as a much heavier arrow than what I was using (9gpp). The pricing is very competitive, so that's a plus along with the nice craftsmanship. I'd prolly give one another try and just use a skinny string and 10,11+ gpp arrows. Speed wasn't bad. I'd like to try one of the longbows sometime if I spy a used lefty. Solid, pretty, and a good value is my overall impression. From what I hear Kent is a good guy too. The longbows seem to get favorable reviews, perhaps more so than the recurves?