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RidgeRunner:
I have just started making my first real back quiver.
The plan is to make a leather quiver and then cover it with tree bark so it looks super cool and somewhat primitive.
Hickory and Tulip Poplar are the only two trees that I know of that allow the bark to be removed in sheets and then made into things after it is dry.

My questions are:   Are there any other trees in North Alabama that will give up their bark in usable sheets.
                           Do any of you folks know any techniques that will help in the harvest of tree bark.

Thanks
David

DanaM:
White birch if ya have it will work also perhaps some of the cherry species, I managed to get elm bark off in one piece also.

Hillbilly:
Slippery elm peels good, as will a lot of other trees at the right time of year. Get it quick, because the bark slipping time is fading fast for this year.

RidgeRunner:
With Hillbilly's info that the the bark slipping season is quickly slipping away for this year I headed to the woods Friday afternoon after work.

Found a Tulip Poplar about 6" in diameter and about 25' tall.  The top was broken out so I figured the tree would most likely never amount to much...  So I chopped it down and removed three sections of bark.  Each section is about 4' long.  Those section are now drying with cardboard tubes inside them.

There is a fair amount of bark still on the remaining sections of the tree.

I know that a course fiber can be made out of Tulip Poplar bark.  How is that done?


Thanks
David

jamie:
take the remaining bark and weight it down in a stream. In roughly 3 weeks you should start to see the layers start to seperate. This can also be used as tinder for friction fires. The process can be done in a garbage pail but it will stink and you need to change the water often. When the layers seperate hang them to dry and they will last for quite some time till you need them.

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