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RidgeRunner:
Thanks for the reply Jamie:

Took some more bark off yesterday.  Much harder to do two days after the tree was cut.
I now have 4- bark tubes drying with cardboard  pipes inside of them.  Three flat pieces about 18" square.
Hope to make bottoms for the quivers out of the flat pieces.  6- stripes 2" to 4" wide and about 4 foot long.
The intention it to make straps for the quivers out of some of these strips and cordage out of the rest.

There is no stream close by.  Will use the bucket method and change the water every afternoon. 

Thanks
David

Mrs. Hillbilly:
David, I would try to do the weave of diffrent tree barks not a full cover. What did our ansister do back in the day? Use what you have and make the most of it! I am sure that it will look great. :)

Tina

Pat B:
Ansister? ???  ...as opposed to ansbrother?  >:D

DanaM:
Pat I think dats a Yooper word she picked up from me ;) :D :P

RidgeRunner:
Thanks for the reply Mrs. Hillbilly:

Are you keeping Mr. Hillbilly and Hillbilly Jr. in line over there?  We cant have the likes of them running loose. ;D

When this all started my only plan was to make a leather quiver and cover part of the outside of it with bark so it looked cool.
We will call that plan # 1.

Well there was much more bark on the tree than I needed for plan # 1.  I now have 4- bark tubes which were removed from the trunk of the tree.  One will be used for plan # 1. 
The other three will most likely be made in to " all bark" quivers.  We will call this plan # 2.
I knew that cordage could be made from poplar bark but had no idea how to do that.  Figuring this out is now plan # 3.

I have cut several Dogbain stalks and may use them as well.  I know how to make Dogbain sting.  Plan # 4 I guess.

Ansister you know how hard it can be to make a plan work out. ;D

David

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