Almost forgot--since you are looking at a Schafer, you might also want to look at Ric Anderson's bows (Marriah). Ric was trained by Mr. Schafer, as was the current owner of Schafer Archery (Mr. Paul Schafer passed on several years ago). His site address is www.marriahbows.com . I've never met Ric, but he seems like a really nice guy from talking with him, and has a great reputation. I've only shot one or two of his recurves, and they seemed nice (I'm not a good judge of recurves anyway). Really like his longbows, and all of the ones I have seen looked very nice.

Don't know how they compare to the Schafer brand, because I have never shot one of those, but I think the Marriah's are worth looking into if you want to go that route.

Chad

Long Bows Rule!