mez ABSOLUTLY!!!!!!!!! You have to treat it like a FINE LADY. Wrap it in a exspensive bow sleeve. Wax it's srting ever once in a while and fondle its nocking point now and again. Brush its string sliencers and keep them fluffy. Wax her limbs and riser. Talk to her with TLC every day! Take her to the big traditional shoots like KK, Cloverdale, and Denton Hill and show her off. A Recurve, unlike longbow which you can throw any where in any corner and they will be satisfied, just a fancy tonato stake you any way, MUST be revered and worshiped!!!!!!