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Main Discussion Area => Primitive Skills => Topic started by: bowtarist on November 07, 2012, 12:40:04 pm

Title: Birch Bark Glue
Post by: bowtarist 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

Title: Re: Birch Bark Glue
Post by: CuchilloOro 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.

Title: Re: Birch Bark Glue
Post by: bubby on November 09, 2012, 02:52:16 pm

use the river birch and post the results dp, how else ya gonna learn ;), Bub

Title: Re: Birch Bark Glue
Post by: stickbender 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