Hope so. A bunch of people showed on primitive archer showed "barrel tapered bamboo slats" they sent that was horrible.

But it happens. To make matters worse, the owner sent horrible emails back to the customer telling him because he was in idiot, he probably didn't have the imagination to build a bow anyway. I was shocked. Jim didn't deny it.

Just read thru this thread and see some of the work he put out. Then read thru the thread and see the work that Dave Knight put out.
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/i...c,13217.0.html

Then other customers came on with simular tales. I trust Justin Snyder and Eric Krewson on PA.

I should not gossip. I have only bought raw materials like silk/linen for bow building. But after that incident, I took my buying somewhere else. never had trouble with the stuff I bought.