That's long wait time is very true. Congrats on winning a bow! Maybe purchase a starter bow about 35lbs to get the hang of it while you wait for the custom bow?
This is all opinion from a fellow newbie by the way.
Honestly, I think you know what you want. Your heart say one piece but your brain is telling you a takedown is more 'logical'. I say go with a one piece because the benefit of a takedown are not deal breakers. The only real benefit of having a takedown is pack ability. I was having this debate myself when I was ordering a custom bow. "What if I want to travel west for elk? What if I want to change weight?" etc etc etc. We ask ourselves what bow to get if its 'the only one', this require a mixture of 'logic' when its a question of the heart. You're not stuck with one bow for the rest of your life right? Honestly if you did not like it, its ok to sell it. Or just save money to buy another bow that is different that meet your need. I know a lot of people that got a bow they didn't like because they couldnt shoot it well so it hibernate in the closet for a long time, but years later when they are better archer, they take the same bow out and it shoot amazingly.
There are bows that are harder to use for beginners and there are bows that are harder to tune because its not forgiving to bad forms. On average, a recurve is faster, some of the newer hybrid are getting there in speed, but usually a recurve is faster in the same lbs. I prefer longbow because I like the ability to string and unstring it without much hassle, but honestly once you tune a bow, you can leave it strung forever. But an important aspect of a bow that people don't talk about often is that lighter bow are less forgiving. Think stabilizers on Olympic recurves, they works. So that's one of the not so often talked about aspect of takedown bows, that extra weight help them be more forgiving also.
If you're looking for someone to show off their toys, why didn't you say so?? These are the only two bows I'm going to be hunting with this upcoming season. Alternating between them.
This is my one and only custom bow. A Maddog Pairie Predator. 54AMO 45lbs mild reflex/deflex. Core wood is Red Elm and I have Zebrawood veneer on top. Riser is bocote and walnut with a small cocobolo stripe dividing them. Mike the bowyer recently retired, but unlike a lot of other bowyers he is allergic to bamboo so most of his bow has Red Elm as core.
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This is a Mybo Pathfinder ILF riser with custom Wolfpaw hybrid longbow limbs. Bamboo core with Pomelle Sapele veneer. 54AMO 43lbs. But I'm switching the limbs and riser around at the moment so stay turn for updates. This combo while looking very nice, didn't produce a very efficient bow.
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