SteveB, like I said before, my post was never aimed at you or meant to offend you, but traditional is different things for different people. I can't put hard rules behind it. But for me, traditional is a one piece bow, and materials of the bow and arrows to be not machined metal.For some folks its no backing, and others its a self bow,and arrows withbone nocks. You got to find your own way my man, I can't do it for you.A riser made out of T7 machined aluminum just doesn't count in my book.It does to you. So your a happy man. For me, if I was steathy, I would go ahead and shoot compound. His money, his bow.