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Hawkdancer:
Moral:  keep the birch frozen?, >:D (S) (lol)!  Nice idea on the scraper, too!  I keep my fresh cut carving wood in the freezer wrapped Saran Wrap.  Just have to make time for carving amongst all the other things that are waiting to get done!
Hawkdancer

bjrogg:
Like the knife idea tracker. Because birch bark is so waterproof the wood goes bad very fast if it isn’t split or bark removed. If won’t last long enough to make firewood without being split. Maybe you can get a better section yet, cut and stabilize it.

Bjrogg

Tracker0721:
Yeah there’s birch all over here and in like 5 varieties and I never realized it. Hoping to find some nice patches of white birch. This chunk came from beside my dads creek when we went up for Super Bowl. Let my 6 year old help me chop it and he thought it was “so cooooool”

Hawkdancer:
AHA!  A real axe man in the works!  He can also learn about bows, arrows, knives, guns, and drums here! :BB :NN (f) :-M.  Well, maybe not drums (lol). Never worked birch, did do a flat spalted maple project last year.  Forgot to mention my carving wood in the freezer was cherry and peach, might make a difference in how the wood is affected.
Hawkdancer

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