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Offline rkeltner

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underbark
« on: August 28, 2007, 03:36:59 pm »
i was peeling the bark from some hickory about a year back, and notixced that the underbark was ridiculously tough and stringy. has anyone tried to use it(the underbark) as a backing?
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Offline Hillbilly

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Re: underbark
« Reply #1 on: August 28, 2007, 06:56:51 pm »
It tends to dry out, seperate from the wood and snap, crackle and pop and make noises that you don't want to hear coming from a bow  :)  Hickory inner bark makes good cordage and lashing material.
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