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Stave bug deterrent
Eric Krewson:
I found the same thing Pappy; I also learned the hard way not to cut more than one tree at a time. I once I cut 3 or 4 large trees at one time and lost some osage because I just couldn't process that much wood by myself, my hands swelled up like sausages after a month of splitting, debarking and removing sapwood from the staves so I had to stop before I got it all processed. The bugs went to work, leaving the remaining green staves out in the sun caused them to warp and twist until they looked like a pile of snakes. I gave the twisted wood away to some guys who made accruements for B/P guys who dressed the part with powder horns, period correct knives and tomahawks.
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