If you are talking about all wooden bows, I wish I had started with good wood right from the beginning. I always figured it was best to learn on wood that was not so good and save the good staves for later.. Jawge

all excellent points mentioned above.
the bowyers bibles, Torges's book and Comstocks book are all excellent reading material, and i recommend reading them all.
although , i have recently acquired this book, and IMO its the most clearly written, well researched and well illustrated book ( in fact it actually has more colour pics than there are pages in the book!!! ) on the subject i have come across.
i would highly recommend reading it.
I believe the author worked with Comstock on it.