Bows aren't rocket science. Most are overpriced fashion accessories, and there's a certain amount of bow snobbery that comes from owning only the "correct" bows and using them in the "correct" manner, a bit like how car drivers or motorcyclists get religious about their choice of vehicle.
But the most interesting time for cars and bikes was during the late 1920's and 1930's when all the excitement and innovation were at a peak due to people pushing the boundaries and trying new ideas. That excitment carried on until about the 1960's and cars and bikes ever since have been dull and boring because everybody has been indoctrinated to believe what's what, but I'd take a 1930's hot rod over any new car just because that's me. Sure, a modern Ferrari might be faster but it's got no soul.
Not all archery is about sticking an expensive twig into a paper target. There's a bunch of rain forest Indians who manage to feed themselves using short bows, so it must not be a completely daft idea or they wouldn't do it.
I don't understand this post, or how relevant it is.
My main bow is an English
Longbow, I have made my own
longbow, I don't shoot it as my main bow, as it doesn't perform as well as the one I do use, but I don't look down on anybody who makes their own kit. I do make all my own arrows.
My comments were trying to understand how what Cave Dweller did works, as everything I have learned about bows from making my own, working in a pro-shop, and shooting for over 30 years has taught me that what he's saying he does shouldn't work. I don't care how interesting something is if it doesn't work, it doesn't work.
As for the comparison with motor vehicles, there's a subtle difference between them and bows, bows have been around since pre-history and what does and doesn't make a bow work has been (with the exception of compounds) worked out thousands of years ago. Everything since then is variations on that theme.
I would like to see Cave Dweller shooting his equipment, to prove me wrong and give me the opportunity to learn, or to put my curiosity to rest when I see what I expect to see.