Things you wish you knew

[George Tsoukalas]

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

[fujimo]

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.