For your recurve, if you install a elevated rest then you can shoot vanes, but if you shoot off the shelf use feathers. Carbon arrows are in, but for just starting out, use Aluminum if you wish, you will need to match the arrow to the bow, what draw weight is the bow? and what is your draw length with that bow? NOT YOUR COMPOUND they are two different animals. BroadheadsI would use a fixed two to three blade, I wouldn't use any of the expandables. Sights, that is up to you, some install a three to four pin type sight, but most don't use a sight so to say.