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typical birch strips dimension

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mullet:
Thanks, Pat, those are the ones I was thinking of. Too hard for me to deal with a Walker and carry stuff at the same time, right now.

Renacs:
Awesome. Thanks for the pics.

james parker:
here is a couple pics horn bows I made  a year or two ago ,, joe
birch bark covered Scythian horn bow,, bark is set at a slight angle
Korean horn bow birch bark covered,, bark is laid  full length ,with lenticels at 90 degrees  from  natural growth 

 the Scythian bow has two layers of single layer bark,first layer ls applied in the opposing direction
the Korean bow has one layer only two to three layers thick
both are glued on with sinew glue, after the glue is dry all voids if any will be filled with bark ,as the glue will suck the bark down into the voids ..
a couple of fresh glue sizings, then dip the bark in the glue apply bark  ..after the glue has set and is fully dry, wipe off glue from bark with a wet/warm wash cloth..

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