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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: owlbait on March 21, 2014, 09:20:38 pm

Title: Harvesting cherry bark
Post by: owlbait on March 21, 2014, 09:20:38 pm

Not sure where to post this, so I'll try here. What is the best way to harvest cherry bark? I have a tree that will be removed this year and I thought the bark may come in handy for someone/something.

Title: Re: Harvesting cherry bark
Post by: Pat B on March 21, 2014, 09:22:54 pm

What kind of cherry is it? It is choke cherry that has the useful bark.

Title: Re: Harvesting cherry bark
Post by: owlbait on March 21, 2014, 09:50:48 pm

Sorry. Yes, it is choke cherry.

Title: Re: Harvesting cherry bark
Post by: Blaflair2 on March 21, 2014, 10:47:04 pm

From a rotten one, the bark doesn't decay like the wood

Title: Re: Harvesting cherry bark
Post by: Pat B on March 21, 2014, 11:15:23 pm

The bark grows around the trunk and not lengthwise like other trees so you need a pretty big trunk to get enough bark length.

Title: Re: Harvesting cherry bark
Post by: Blaflair2 on March 22, 2014, 01:41:24 am

+1

I've been searching myself, I know of one in a guys yard, gonna wait till it warms up to ask if I can peel bark off his dead tree ???

Title: Re: Harvesting cherry bark
Post by: chamookman on March 22, 2014, 04:56:10 am

Shorter pieces work too. Make the strips 2" wide - the seams can be skieve jointed or wrapped with Silk/and or Sinew. Makes a Beautiful backing on Osage. Bob

Title: Re: Harvesting cherry bark
Post by: owlbait on March 22, 2014, 07:21:21 am

Thanks.