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Offline bowtarist

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Birch Bark Glue
« on: November 07, 2012, 12:40:04 pm »
I was watching a vid on YT about OTZI's arrows and the guy made a birch bark sap glue.  It looked pretty easy and fairly tough too.  I don't have many white birch trees around here, maybe in someones landscape  >:D, but we do have river birch around here.  Anybody know if river birch bark can be used in a similar way?  Thanks for any replys, dpgratz
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Offline CuchilloOro

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Re: Birch Bark Glue
« Reply #1 on: November 09, 2012, 05:27:11 am »
As far as know the bark of all types of birch (betula) contains more or less tar.
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Offline bubby

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Re: Birch Bark Glue
« Reply #2 on: November 09, 2012, 02:52:16 pm »
use the river birch and post the results dp, how else ya gonna learn ;), Bub
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Offline stickbender

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Re: Birch Bark Glue
« Reply #3 on: November 13, 2012, 02:12:47 am »

     Go for it!  Also I believe the black birch, or river birch is the one used for
birch beer, and I think for something else but not sure.  maybe wintergreen, or something like that.  But it should have the tar also.

                                                   Wayne
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