Montanian, Although Philip makes a good shooting but rough hewn longbow out of oak mostly, That may not be the better choice for you at this time. May I suggest this place to you?...www.3riversarchery.com when you go to this website, click on bows, then click on recurves, then click on imported recurve bows. What you will find is the sage takedown recurve bow. I think for the price you would find it to be a very good bow, something you can actually become accurate with. scout4<><