I have tried to steam a couple dents and it did nothing. Can anyone provide any dent removal without sanding detailed info. Jim

I havee never steamed a dent in a bow, but I have done it in hardwood floors and pool sticks. I always used a wet towel folded in half and an electric iron. It takes some time like fifteen minutes and is not a miracle cure but it worked almost everytime I have tried it.

Dents hard to but in a bow to hot for sure makeing it ben to sharp.Sence you wouldn't what to ben it back tht other way sanding would be the only way I could think of.

What DVShunter said - wet and slow heat.
Don't know of any other magical den't removal unless you fill it, or remove wood.

What wood? Some can be burnished out with a round screwdiver or glass bottle. Jawge

I removed a couple dents this morning with good success.I wet down the dents with a wet cloth for about half an hour, then went over them with the steam Iron . It took a couple passes with the hot iron on a  very wet rag but they poped out nicely. The fibers were not crushed or broken .I have fixed other wood dents this way, but this was the first on a bow to be. Time will tell if it realy was succesfull.  

It is in Maple and Bubinga. maybe one secret is long  prior saturation like you mention. Jim

maple should work, I've never tried bubinga