Answering again, and I am NOT a tradioanl expert, but your hand size matters. For me, a Black Widow feels good, or at least the SA models do. I have an original Jim Brackenbury (for sale ) that also feels good, but the slim grips of a longbow just fits me.

Use this site

http://home.att.net/~sajackson/archery.html

and surf EVERY bowyer, look at the bows and read a bit about them. Thats what I did, and by the sheer "looks" of the bow, the history of the bowyers, how they replied to emails etc I narrowed my choices down to Adcock, Sley and Horne. Talking to OL made the difference, and the bow is going to be with me for life.

BTW, email at [email protected] , the BBS email is for my work and I had surgery on Friday, so may be out a day or two. Would love to talk to you more in detail ....