Hi Komier,

What a great question. Difficult to answer though as a lot epends on how commited you are to shoot longbow etc. It would be a shame to spend money on a recurve just for the sake af it just to go through the motions. It may also be quite a shock switching from recurve to a longbow as the longbow will feel quite awkward and basic in comparison.

I have shot all three of the bow types, ie recurve, compound and longbow, and it's been a great learning curve.

In your case I would be tempted to beg, borrow or buy a training recurve bow. You can shoot it without a sight too. Shoot that for a while and then buy the bow you realy want.