If you got a good bow from rudderbows you should count yourself lucky. He is one I'll never do any business with.
Really? My first bow was from Rudderbows, and it's still one of my favorites. I bought it a couple of years ago, so I can't speak to how things are now with the company, but I've got no complaints. What was wrong with your bow?
I had purchased a bamboo backed hickory AFB at 55-60 pounds. It goes completely flat when unstrung, has a spot-on tiller, and really zips arrows. I wasn't a fan of his leather handle, but that's OK, I just pulled it off. Some may not be a fan of how tooling marks are evident in the hickory, but like I said before, I've never cared about how something LOOKS as long at it WORKS. And this bow is a performer!