Brr! Y'all r part Eskimo (no offence to real bearers of cold) One mate there tells me as he has a 14ee boot the others walk behind him in track in the snow.
We have had a few snap shortly after arrival to the tropics, a couple of ol timers here said that apparently when ordering bows yrs ago (As there none made here then, they all came from Nh America) there was a common problem with sealing the limbs. apparently at dent or scratch that would penetrate the skin of a bow from a cold climate would allow moisture from local relative humidity to penetrate well in and weaken to the point of snap, well sometimes a flexing, stringy break like a old moist arrow. Another factor may have been the cold and dry air effect from the altitude and duration of an item shipped by air and immediately opened to the humidity. I have no idea how cold or dry that'd be but an avionic buff would know. I have also noted that a raiser with a lineal flaw will open up quickly here. As I have bad eyes I've taken to getting my eagle eyed son to go over with a lens to check, A sand and a couple coats of epoxy arrested the problem. In view of this I have my nuromo uno bow made from local tropical hardwoods, really sensational. The bowyer says the glues and the heat & pressure and the outer coats r the major factors in getting it right. I suppose all woods have to be properly dried if they function properly. I remember as kids we had to polish the wooden floors with kerosene, after many years there was a waxy buildup that was squeaky but fun as to slide on with a mat. Salvaged timber from such floors is perfect in every way! Could this be applied to bows or would it be detrimental in some way?