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leave the bark on?
billmac:
I have grey, white (paper), and yellow birches around me. I never read about anyone using grey birch for bows but that is by far the most numerous birch in my area. Most everyone mistakenly calls it white birch because it is, well, white.
duffontap:
Strunk did an article on building a survival bow for PA about ten years ago. He said he thought green wood was stronger with some bark left on and seasoned wood was stronger with the bark off. I do know you can leave some bark on thin-skinned plants like serviceberry and oceanspray.
J. D. Duff
Hillbilly:
I've seen pics of plum branch bows with the bark left on.
jamie:
ive left it on hickory and elm but wouldnt reccomend it. especially if you hunt. it cracks like a firecracker sometimes. just about stopped my heart the first time i heard it and im pretty sure the deer i was pointin it at left a pile of pellets where he was standing. lol peace
ridge:
Don,t have any dealings with birch but i left the sapwood on a hickory pyrimid. I used it all one season but the next season it made the click noise that we all dread and the sapwood had dryed and seperated. I retillered which dropped the# to a level that retired it for deer hunting. I sure miss that bow. Now i clean off everything and back with suede leather.
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