Ditto on Icoast's advice. It you were given a "Fast Flight" type string, the bow will be damaged. Also, if I visited a bow shop and nobody at the shop knew generally determine the condition of a recurve or longbow, I would not put much faith in any other advice or bow service they provided. [:'(]

RTY, there are several ways to check for twisted limbs. The easiest method for you would be to check to see how the string aligns on the limb sections of your bow.

1. Without pulling back the string, the string should be resting dead center on the recurve part of your limbs. If the limbs are grooved where the string loops attach to the tips, the string should be in the grooves. If the string is not dead center on the limbs and/or resting out of one or both grooves, a limb or limbs may be twisted.

2. Now slowly draw the bow and watch for any twisting of the limbs as you pull back. Also, watch for the string to go off center of the limbs. If any limb twists, no matter how slight, a limb or limbs may be twisted.

3. Slowly let the string back down and watch for the string to lay to the center of the limbs, as it should. If the string comes down off-center of either limb, but centers when string is down, a limb or limbs may be twisted.

A twisted limb can sometimes be observed as the bow is sitting static. However, a weak limb that is not set and cannot be seen without drawing the bow, may become obvious when you draw the bow.