Blacktail recurve bows are my favorite. I have two take down models. Upon arrow release, the bowstring never slaps my arm so I do not wear an arm guard. They're very quiet and since they are so quiet, string silencers are not installed on either of my recurves. Since they're cut 3/16" past center, they can shoot a variety of differently spined arrows simply by changing point weight and/or raising or lowering the brace height. Since I have small hands and short fingers, the bowyer told me when I ordered a bow, to send a tracing of my hand on a piece of paper and he would modify his normal grip to accommodate my hand size. He also told me if the grip wasn't to my liking, to send the bow back to him and he would rework it until it met my satifaction. The grip on both bows feels great. I didn't need to send any of my bows back to him. They shoot where I look and his bows are "lookers" too. The only drawback is the long wait to get one.
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