have been shooting rear mounted bows for over twenty years, I love them.  I do hear some say that they feel they are too heavy but I like the mass weight in the riser.  The VyperKhans I now have are lighter than the older recurves I used to shoot.

I like them. I'm mostly a Habu shooter.  I've got a Vyperkhan and I love it, but I still love my old Habu recurve.  The only thing I like better about the old recurve is the mass weight is higher.  I want the mass weight to be as heavy as possible (within reason)  I shoot heavy mass weight bows better.  I'd like to find a recurve that weighs 6 or 7 pounds if I could.  But then again 99.9 percent of my hunting is done out of a treestand.  If I were elk hunting I would not want anything that heavy, but I just notice a drop in accuracy for me if I use lighter weight bows.

I really don't have any experience outside of belly limbs bows so I am not qualified to compare them against any other type. I can, however, say that for nearly 40 years of shooting widows that they have served me well. I just ordered new PSA to replace my 18 year old SA that has been around the world with me.

Y'all don't forget the Hill styles too.  My JD Berry Morningstar.....quick, quiet, forgiving, and gorgeous.

 

Nor the Taipan from JD Berry,

Well, I gotta say it's a look that has grown on me....  My Jack Kempf Kwyk Styk is now glued up and I'll finally get it next month.  I've owned one briefly in the past and found it very forgiving and easy to shoot.  Really, I would expect any forward riser design to be that way.

Come on Bob!  Go for it!

I gave you my 2 cents on 'em the other day.  You'll like it.  LOL

I don't know of any negstives.  I enjoyed the Habu I had very much.  I would simply decide if you like how they look Bob.  If you do, just do it.  If you don't, oh well.

I make them for a hobby, nowhere near what Sixby does with wood and glass, but I'm proud of my feeble attempts nonetheless. I love the belly mount limbs bc the bow when balanced seems to want to point to target. The weight forward design really lends itself to stability at full draw.

Dave

I've owned a Stillwaters Aberdeen, belly-mount recurve.  Beautiful, great-shooting bow.

As of right now, "reverse-riser" bows are all I'm interested in.  Timberghost, Eagle Wing, Java Man, just to name a few.

homebru

When I talked to Toby at Black Widow about this very subject he said the reason they build their bows with belly mounts is that with their limb designs they find that a forward riser reduces the chance of torquing the bow by nearly 50%.