its my wife who got me into shooting recurves she bad mouthed me so bad about cheating every time i pulled out my compound. i caved in. now my fancy compound is worth about as much as an old pair of shoes and the recurve still has value physically and aesthetically.i can't imagine spending a thousand bucks on a bow that will be worth less than a push mower in 3yrs. then hang a bunch of junk on it so you don't have to guess whether it's 12 yrds not 15 to the target.