New Fire hardened hickory bow

[Jakesnyder]

Its 62" ttt and around 55lbs at 26". Holds around 1" of reflex. Shot it yesterday in the rain with no finish and didnt loose any reflex. I know fire hardening is just a deep heat treat but all feelings (about keith shannon) aside it does do some amazing things to the wood. Let me know what ya think! Full draw pic to come...

[Hrothgar]

Looks good from here. Anymore I fire harden all mine, I've found it tends to make the biggest difference with the elm and hackberry bows I make.

[Enharrington]

that looks awesome man.  i’ve had good results too.  but the real test of the hydrophobic qualities will be this summer shooting in some humid conditions.

[silent sniper]

Nice looking bow, congrats 👍🏻

[HH~]

Looks good. I use to fire my own hand cut bamboo over coals after it seasoned 6 months or so. Made a biiig difference.

HH~

[NonBacked]

Jake - You really did a good job with that hic-stick! That’s about 5 more pounds than I can get out of my 62” Mockernut hickory. Even with heat treating, I’ll lose most of the 3” of induced reflex.

Just for comparison, would you please post the specs (type of wood, mass weight, width, & thickness)?

Again, excellent work!
H

[Marc St Louis]

Its 62" ttt and around 55lbs at 26". Holds around 1" of reflex. Shot it yesterday in the rain with no finish and didnt loose any reflex. I know fire hardening is just a deep heat treat but all feelings (about keith shannon) aside it does do some amazing things to the wood. Let me know what ya think! Full draw pic to come...

Looks good.  Shooting the bow in the rain for a while wouldn't be proof enough, a good heat-treating would do the same thing.  Leave it outside in the rain for a day and then shoot it.  If that doesn't bother it then even I would have to admit defeat 

[bradsmith2010]

shooting a bow for two days in the rain at a tournament is a good test,
when I was in Alaska hunting my bow was in the rain and ocean spray for a week,,that was harsh, most the finish came off,
it was osage so it made it ok,,

[HH~]

Real test is to shoot in high heat and humidity over several hours strung to brace. Then you will know.

HH~