I have a Black Swan (three piece recurve) that was made for me by Arvid. Super fast and quiet bow, overall, some of the fastest bows you will get your hands on. Arvid is a nice person to talk too and makes good quality bows. I ordered a second pair of limbs, they perform great but only had a problem with the limb weight, they were significantly off to what I asked for and is actually marked on the limbs. I just dont know why this happened, but I never tried to return them, so I kept them with that heavier weight.

I have been friends with Arvid for many years. He has always treated me well and I've helped deal with problems over the years. I have many bows from many bowyers and Arvid's are as good as anything out there.

It does help if you can meet the bowyer and shoot their bows before purchasing. I did and continue to stay in contact with Arvid. Also, the Black Swan today is different than it was 1.5 years ago let alone 3 years ago in riser design and more important the limbs. Todays limbs have 2 layers of carbon over ceramic verses 1 layer on my 1.5 yr. old hybrid limbs. Arvid continues to improve his product. I can attest that these are not delicate limbs (a couple of embarasing dry fires) and do not need to be treated any differently than you would another bow. They are a bow that people notice and I let as many that want to shoot mine and experience the shot from them.

It does help if you can meet the bowyer and shoot their bows before purchasing. I did and continue to stay in contact with Arvid. Also, the Black Swan today is different than it was 1.5 years ago let alone 3 years ago in riser design and more important the limbs. Todays limbs have 2 layers of carbon over ceramic verses 1 layer on my 1.5 yr. old hybrid limbs. Arvid continues to improve his product. I can attest that these are not delicate limbs (a couple of embarasing dry fires) and do not need to be treated any differently than you would another bow. They are a bow that people notice and I let as many that want to shoot mine and experience the shot from them.

I was on the ABS site for a different reason, but saw that the Nano came way down in price ($995). Any body have any input on the Carbon Nano Qn2?

Is it fast, quiet, smooth drawing and little to no hand shock?

Thanks
Gil

I had a the original Nano in black it was silky smooth , fast and whisper quiet. Now it's less money and you can get camo.
Win win in my book

Gil, Joe Buck got a Nano 2 not long ago, I think he is liking it a lot. Here's what he had to say...

http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=129767#000000