BUILDING A HOWARD HILL TYPE BOW

[wildcat hunter]

I have a few questions about the Hill bows, maybe you guys can help me. Looking at the catalog it seems some bows have a glass backing and some do not - or do some have a clear glass on the back? And do the bows have glass on the belly, they all have a nice wood grain to look at and it appears there is no glass on the belly.

[Brently]

All the Hill bows I have seen have glass on the back and belly.  I think some of the really old Hill bows were just bamboo and wood bows with no glass.

[Hermann From Bavaria]

Some of the old hill bows are also backed with "fibre", a kind of thick paper backing.

the modern hill bows are backed with glass on belly and back. some with clear glass on back and black on belly.

greets

[wildcat hunter]

Thanks for the replies.