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Pat B:
What is the best way to seperate the inner bark and outter bark. I cut some bark yesterday from a young tree. I tried to seperate the inner and outter bark but it was quite tedious and time consuming. Is there an easier way of doing this or a better time to cut it?  Is it easier fresh or rehydrated after it has dried?  My goal is yo get usable inner bark for basket making and bow handle wraps.

Bill Skinner:
I have never tried with poplar, I have seperated willow for making cordage.  Most of my pieces were around 12-18 inches long, some longer, a lot longer when I did it right and some shorter.  You need to pull it over a 90 degree angle a couple of times to loosen it, then split it with a knife and start working it apart.   Once you get it split, use the back of your knife to keep it going.  That works for willow, I have no clue if it will work for poplar.  Bill

cracker:
Pat I don''t work with bark but it seems to reason that the bark might be easier to seperate while it's still on the tree maybe beat the crap out of it with a club or something like that.Ron

nugget:
Sent you a PM Pat

Pat B:
Ronnie, that might be fun too!  ;D
  Thanks TJ I'll talk to Alan at Hickory.

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