I like a takedown bow if you are going to travel or hunt with it. If you get it tapped for a springy rest, you could choose to not use the Springy and shoot off the shelf.....
If you are newer to traditional archery, I would not order a fancy custom bow with a big wait time. You might figure out it isn't even remotely what you want in the time in between ordering it and getting it. My bowyer is a friend who lives locally and he built me an awesome custom bow, the draw weight was right on what I asked for, but it didn't feel right. Luckily he put it on his for sale table and built me another bow a couple pounds lighter and it made a world of difference in shootability.
I would do one of two things.
Option 1, go to all the shoots you can and shoot other folks bows, buy a used bow here or there. Facebook is great if you use your head and don't go crazy you can usually lose a couple bucks and resell it and try a few that way. I've had two bows that are the "same" from the same bowyer and one just felt right in my hand, the other one did not. Maybe luck into a shop with some trad bows like RMS. I also put down a deposit on a bad ass custom bow, found a used and realized I could not stand the way it shot. He was very nice, had a huge wait list and just gave me back my deposit after we discussed what I was struggling with his bow.
Option 2, buy an ILF riser, you can get them used and if it's metal, order a couple different style grips. You can buy great used limbs and great cheap new limbs and try shooting off the shelf vs with a springy, different grips, different limbs (length, style, poundage). You can keep it as a practice/loaner bow and work on form with lighter limbs and have something to loan to a buddy. Then you will know you really do WANT a low/medium/high wrist, that is flat/angled or an old school round chubby chaser grip, or that #51 is too much but #49 is not...
Hope that helps.
