PMC - LBR (Chad) the moderator here happens to sell Chek-Mates through
www.recurves.com I bought mine locally through a fella named Greg Sovde who owns G&M archery in MN.
www.gmarchery.com Look at his inventory list to get an idea of pricing and materials. I hope Chad doesn't mind if I give you these references. (do you chad?)
www.archerybymail.com has some good reference material for chek-mates as well. Prices there are Canadian I think.
I'm sure others can throw out some references and picture location too. Here's a partial picture of my Raven...sorry my mug and that deer are going to get in the way. <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle> (Any excuse to show off ya know...)
http://www.hunting-pictures.com/memb...rty/index.html
When I was shopping for a bow, I thought I was looking for a Falcon (60" 1 piece) recurve. Greg let me shoot a bunch of bows and I fell in love with the shorter ones. My Raven is extremely light weight, and short at only 52". I had a hard time choosing between it and the Firebird, a 56" take down which shot extremely smooth. In the end, the styling and performance of the Raven won me over. I parted with more money then I had planned, but in the end I got a bow that (I think) is much better looking than either a Martin Hunter or Bear Kodiak which were also considerations for me. I spent about the same as I would have for a Martin Hunter and less than the Bear. (I think $319 including local tax)
Edited by - True Position on 11/13/2002 16:30:28