StealthyCat..the cost of so called Custom made traditional bows is terrible, just look at the cost of black widows over 900.00 for some of those and you dont even get to choice any fancy woods! I guess its just the all the overhead they have to cover.

As far as cost for the machined aluminum bows they are expensive. My husband has helped Hoyt in the past with some designs in his machine shop, and I can tell when you start machining bows on machines that have a shop rate of 125.00 a hr to run, plus the machinist rates, and all the other people who handle the bow to make the finished project it all adds up.

My current Recurve was right about 600.00 it is preety custom though as far the woods and limb tips and checkering go.I can guarantee their will never be another bow just like it!

Edited by - Cliff_N_Di on 01/22/2002 12:11:43