Yep--what Art said.

"Traditional" is one of those words like "instinctive"--the definition can vary depending on who you ask.As was already noted, there are even primitive bows that were laminated with different materials to increase strength and performance.

If by "traditional" you mean pre-compound, well........sights were pretty common on recurves, and I have an old recurve with a built-in overdraw. It's even cut out enough to use a broadhead--and it's a P.C. (pre-compound) bow. Even the deflex/reflex design is nothing new--Dan Quillian once told me there are some ancient cave drawings (in Spain, I think?) of a deflex/reflex design.

Chad