Hill Style Bow: Lamination position vs riser

[Cryogenic]

I see modern glass/wood hill style bows constructed 2 different ways:

1. All laminations in front of the riser.

2. One lamination behind the riser and the rest in front, sort of sandwiching the riser in the laminations.

Does this make any difference in the performance of the bow?

Thanks!

[rmorris]

I don't think there is any performance differences but you need to get the fadeouts dead perfect for the riser agents the glass. That is if you are using clear glass

[bigbob2]

I prefer the No 2 option as it always looks like the riser is just stuck on with all lams at the back, even though the great HH himself made many that way.Don't think there would be any performance difference though.

[kennym]

I'm with them!  

[Cryogenic]

I didn't figure it would matter, but it's nice to hear it from the experts.  

Thank you all for the responses!

[LittleBen]

Yeah I don't think it matters but I'm with Bob I like one lam up the fades. Just for looks.

[jsweka]

I've done them both ways and it just depends on the look your going for.

I will say that only having the glass on the belly is a lot easier during glue up than trying to bend and tape in place both a lam and the glass.

[kennym]

Good point John!!

[MoeM]

Only glass belly allows steeper fades except your bellylam(s) is pretty thin.

[7 Lakes]

I don't see any difference in performance, although I was curious as to how the belly would look with only a clear glass lamination.