So as I look into eastern vs western recurves, I notice that much of the eastern stuff looks like this unstrung:
(http://www.sklep-robinhooda.pl/product/image/1016/srh_uk_wschodni_konny_KAYA_KHAN_52_30_sklep-robinhooda_01.jpg)
So does this generally make a faster bow? Seems like it should. Are there western recurves like this too?
Plains horn bows are like that. But most conventional recurves are not.