Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: sleek on August 06, 2016, 09:08:23 pm
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Soooo this happened. What should I do with it?
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Burn it. It might have borer eggs in it. That happens to staves I cut in the summer.
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Well crap. I was thinking a quiver or something...
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Go for it. You might be able to make something cool from it. I just burn them when they pop loose like that.
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I took and made some really nice picture frames out of the bark for my daughter.
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Yellow Tea?
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Yellow Tea?
Osage syrup anyone? Lol. Realistically, will it make a viable stain that darkens with age?
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I guess you could seal it in a plastic bag
with a bug bomb and take care of the bugs.
Zuma
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I took and made some really nice picture frames out of the bark for my daughter.
Patrick sent me this pics. I liked that. My wife said so too...
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Heart wood and the orange papery cover on roots make a nice yellow dye. Never tried bark. Boil material
and throw in some 0000 steel wool that has been washed real good and you get a green.
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Find a clear garbage bag and put it in the sun for a while, that'll cook any bugs.
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I had a few strips like that waiting to be burned in the firepit.. It rained yesterday and I noticed the inner bark was loose. Stripped a bunch of it off for handle wraps or maybe even bow backing?
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Are the fibers in the inner bark strong?
WA
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I think as a backing, it might add a little strength but more as a decoration. It has some nice color streaks in it...
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Be sure it can take the bending under tension. It could damage a bow if it breaks while drawn.
You could use the inner bark as weavers in a basket quiver.
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Be sure it can take the bending under tension. It could damage a bow if it breaks while drawn.
You could use the inner bark as weavers in a basket quiver.
Very important fact!
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Thanks for the advise pat. Handle wrap was my main thought. Saw a couple of those recently that I liked.