Long Bow

This is what I generally shoot my arrows out of:

It's a...   well, it's a 6 foot recurve-decurve flatbow.  What does that mean?  It means that the arms of the bow have flat cross-section like most bows you've seen, that the arms curve back away from the handle but then bend forward again at the tips.  And at 6' long it's definitely a long bow.  It's made of bamboo on the front and ipe (the dark wood) on the back and handle.  Ipe is a super hard tropical wood used mostly for decks, but it also makes great bows.  The pull weight is 48 lbs, so it can toss an arrow fairly hard, and that's about all I can comfortably shoot - though I am working on a 55lb pull bow so I can slowly man-up.

The other design feature of this bow is that it has a somewhat static recurve - meaning it doesn't bend much.  If you look at this picture of the front you'll notice the limbs get very thin in width about 2/3rds of the way to the tip.  They also thicken up, which you can see in the first shot.  This helps the bow throw the arrow faster than if it flexed all the way out to the tip.

My favorite part of this bow is the handle.  The shape is very comfortable to use, and nice to look at.