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hill cane harvest begins
Pat B:
Tom, the hill cane has very little divot at the node compared to river cane. Switch cane is somewhere in the middle. All three are Arundaneria and all 3 are native to the US.
I think Tim Baker, in one of the first TBBs wrote about using strips of thin boo, laid parrallel to the bow, as a backing. As long as they go from tip to tip there shouldn't be a problem. I think he disassembled a bamboo shade to get the strips. I've have never tried it. Pat
Hillbilly:
Tom, you just have to be pickier when cutting river cane. You can get shafts without the big sulcate divots-crawl into the middle of the patch and find the smaller canes that don't have branches near the bottom. Only use the first section of cane right above the ground, the higher up the stem you get, the worse the divots get. There is also a lot of chinese bamboo naturalized in NC (many people call it river cane.) Even the smaller stems of it are pretty dished out, much more so than the native cane.
stringstretcher:
Pat. I would love to try some of the sourwood shoots as well, if you get any extra.
Pat B:
Just remind me when the times comes. ;)
D. Tiller:
Pat, I think you could start a side business with that cane there!
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