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How easy was that? (skinning Hickory)

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Hillbilly:
That hickory inner bark makes good cordage and lashing material, too.

GregB:
After popping off the bark like you showed, we usually scrape off the cambium layer as well before we seal the back. It has a lot of moisture in it, and getting it off the back seems to help. Hopefully yours will be fine as is... :)

Marc St Louis:
The bark only peels like that in the spring. Try doing that with Fall or Winter cut wood and it will drive you crazy

Pappy:
That's the way we do it .We do wipe them off good and seal the back.Like has been said sometimes they will check and sometimes they won't but it ant worth the risk.We lost a whole truck load a few years back so now we wipe it and seal.Good haul.Planning on cutting some Sat.
about 24 inches across the stump at least 30 ft. to the first limb. :)
   Pappy

TRACY:
Where am I gonna get my exercise if I don't have to de-bark my hickory staves the hard way?lol! Looks like a great cache of staves and definitely a great technique Cowboy. I'm with Pat B, you could be working that wood a lot sooner, if you were wanting to. Great pics.

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