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Wax currant?

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trail walker:
The Paiute in southern Utah would use current, for quick drying they would scrape off just the outer layer of bark to prevent cracking leave them for a week-ish( more or less depending on dryness and need for arrows) and then scrape them the rest of the way. I have had success with red osier dogwood and wild rose. it adds to scraping time but sure speeds up drying and I have had 0 cracked shafts from doing it. If You try it on some of them you should let us know how it works.

Mesophilic:
So, I would essentially leave the green cambium layer until dry?

archeryrob:
You scrape the bark and cambium off. I have done that with Multiflora rose and it works great. I have tried it with Viburnum and Russian olive and lots more shafts to splits than was acceptable. Every wood is different and you need to experiment.

trail walker:
Yes, I leave the green cambium layer on untell they dry. But like Archeryrob said every wood is different and it might react differently. but everything I have tried it on so far it has worked. you could see if wax currant is ok with it too.

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