One-piece Recurve, my first real Bow was a one-piece so the comfort/confidence is ingrained since thats all I've ever shot (two-years on "training wheels", but I saw the light and got rid of the heavy, soul-less thing)...
My first real Bow was a yard-sale Kodiak Magnum @52lbs($5.00 with a handfull of cedar arrows) when I was 14-15, loved that bow so much, very short and handy in NY thickets(though I thought I was genius for "discovering" a one finger above and one finger below to counter the extreme finger pinch), I bought another one maybe 10years later and used it untill 8years ago when I ordered a 60" BlackWidow PTF3...