First bow was in a little kids Indian set, knife, spear and bow, I was about 3. I could throw the knife but the spear was too heavy and I couldn't use the bow. Next summer I could throw the spear, knife and shoot the bow. I was amazed at the difference in trajectory between the spear, the knife was flatter and the bow was flattest.
At about 5 I got a translucent fiberglass round bow with a flattened back. It was light blue and about like a fiberglass driveway marker stick. The arrows were better toy arrows with suction cups. Eventually one of the arrows split and the back of it went through the web of my bow hand.
Around 8 I got a translucent yellow fiberglass bow with a red plastic grip. Got some real arrows too, way over spined of course. This bow was probably about 45" long when strung. The grip got wear from the arrows. I used it until about 14. Up to then I was shooting arrow on the right side and three finger Mediterranean draw, I'm right handed.
Today the bow I shoot most is a fiberglass 50in kids bow that is very much like the yellow, red grip bow from my youth. This bow was sold by Bear and is painted red. Like the yellow bow it is ambidextrous, I shoot it vertical and canted left arrow and three finger split or three finger under as well as right arrow thumb ring, and Comanche and Ishi styles.
At about 14 I got a fiberglass recurve painted grey and started shooting arrow on the left and the same three finger split style. No arrows had knocks that stuck on the string back then. The fiberglass recurve was too heavy but it was beautiful to me. One limb split and it was replaced with a fiberglass longbow, painted grey, that was way too heavy draw.
At about 16 the fiberglass long bow was replaced by a laminated Browning Mohawk recurve. The Mohawk is 54" and 25lb draw, less than half the draw weight of the longbow. I still have the Mohawk and still shoot it occasionally as a legacy bow. I've been shooting it for 57 years.
Next was a Damon Howatt Ventura laminated recurve, AMO 66", 35lb. Got it about 1970, still have it and need to shoot it some more. This bow was used in league shooting for a few years and it did just great.
What's the difference between true love and a good bow? A good bow is forever.