ORIGINAL: LBR
How long have you been playing guitar and shooting pool, vs. shooting a bow? The reason I ask is it will take most a good bit of experience to figure out the differences between one and another. I can pick up most any bow and shoot it, but I won't shoot it like I do MY bows, I won't have the same confidence with it, and it won't feel the same. Heck, I won a tournament a few years ago with a borrowed recurve--I hated the way that thing felt, I wouldn't pay $5 for it if I had to use it (no, it wasn't a CM), but I could hit with it.
I think the namehas a lot more to do with it than getting "connected" with a bow, at least for most. That, and the more it costsand/or the harder it is to get, the more attractive it is to the masses.Folks read the ads, drool over the catalogs and brochures, read the reviews, and say "I gotta have me one of those!". Then they get it, and......well, seems to me that's one reason there are so many "new" used bows for sale.
Chad
i've been shooting pool since i was old enuff to hold a cue. i can actually remember being 3 or 4 years old and standing on a foot stool with a sawed off bar cue.
Guitar is an on and offlove affairfor the past 10 years or so. I play it when i feel inspired. sometimes everyday for at least an hour for months andother timesi dont pick it up for weeks or a few months...ive "studied" guitar for about 5 years.
Archery ive been shooting for over 15 years i wanna say i got into it pretty heavy at 9 or 10 years old. Little stickbows at first then a compound the next year along shooting in archery meets right off the bat. just got really into trad bows 2 years ago.i can feel the differences in the different bows ive shot but the differences dont bother me enuff while shooting to make me shoot worse than i would with my own bow(once i figure out how to point the bow)... same with compounds, ill pick up any compund and shoot tight groups out to 30 yards. i dont know maybee after i spend 10 years with the same bowthings will change
right now a different bow just doesnt bother me for some reason even tho they all have unique feel to them.
So a Longbow depending on the Design of the bow might be harder to manufacture?
and demand has a lot to do with the price of a given bow...