Fire Hardened Hickory Self bow - As good as Osage?

This past summer I dove into the world of fire hardened hickory self bows. I made a few, shown in previous bow building videos, then went to visit Keith Shannon and Thad Beckum to get their thoughts on the fire hardening process. After that I decided to build another by fire hardening a bow blank rather than the finished flatbow. In this bow making video we build another selfbow starting with a fire hardened blank. Then I take it hunting to see how well it holds up to hard use. Overall I'm happy with the bow. It shoots great and hasn't taken any set. But I still think I can do better. So the search for knowledge continues. But hey, that's where so much of the fun in bow building lay. There's always something to learn and room to improve!

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