This truly has been a game-changer! Many of you have probably seen Keith Shannon's DVD or YouTube videos on fire hardening white wood bows. I'm finishing my third using this method.
These are made from Hickory or Hop Hornbeam, respectively. They take on little or no set, shoot smooth and snappy, and are noticeable lighter in mass weight.
I'm even strapping long-ago finished selfbows to the form and cooking them with good results.
Clay Hayes has been using this method too, after learning it from Keith and Thad Beckum
Pretty sure this is the bow made by the person you are referencing, Larry. All Hickory, no glass and short, 60". I do believe it is laminated Hickory, not a stave.
I was told that John Schulz taught someone how to heat treat pignut hickory, which greatly improved the bow's performance. I have a pignut hickory flat limb. One day I sanded all of the finish off and cooked it hard and then redid it, making it shorter and lighter, almost embarrassing how good it turned out. This coming spring I am going to reduce it more and change the grip. I wonder what cooking it the second time will do.
NIce looking bow! Using local woods to make archery gear is the pinnacle of fun, if you ask me.
Thanks for sharing!