getting bark off of hickory?

[Stick Bender]

Out of all the winter cut white woods I prepped ash,maple, red oak , hickory was the most work  the cadmium was like glue to get off I finally just milled the stave into plain sawn lams for BBH or other bows , I never cut a winter hickory again , summer cut hickory it just pulls off clean in one peace, but I wonder if BJ presure washer trick would work on hickory it would save a lot of work, you could always take it to the car wash....lol

[nsherve]

I gave it a shot...it ended up ripping a little bit of the actual wood off. I may have gotten too close or had the power too high...or a little of both. I'll try it again, though. I got about 20 staves off this tree, so there's enough to try it on.

[Weylin]

I drawknife down to the cambium and then I pour boiling water over a section of the cambium. I scrub it with a steel kitchen scrubber and scrape it with a spoon. It's tedious but it works and leaves a pristine back.