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Offline sleek

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Large strip of osage bark
« on: August 06, 2016, 09:08:23 pm »
Soooo this happened. What should I do with it?


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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: Large strip of osage bark
« Reply #1 on: August 06, 2016, 09:20:40 pm »
Burn it.  It might have borer eggs in it.  That happens to staves I cut in the summer. 
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Offline sleek

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Re: Large strip of osage bark
« Reply #2 on: August 06, 2016, 09:25:05 pm »
Well crap. I was thinking a quiver or something...
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Re: Large strip of osage bark
« Reply #3 on: August 06, 2016, 09:31:51 pm »
Go for it.  You might be able to make something cool from it.  I just burn them when they pop loose like that.
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Re: Large strip of osage bark
« Reply #4 on: August 06, 2016, 09:32:51 pm »
I took and made some really nice picture frames out of the bark for my daughter. 
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Re: Large strip of osage bark
« Reply #5 on: August 07, 2016, 12:06:41 am »
Yellow Tea?
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Offline sleek

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Re: Large strip of osage bark
« Reply #6 on: August 07, 2016, 12:37:55 am »
Quote from: mullet on August 07, 2016, 12:06:41 am
Yellow Tea?

Osage syrup anyone? Lol. Realistically,  will it make a viable stain that darkens with age?
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Offline Zuma

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Re: Large strip of osage bark
« Reply #7 on: August 08, 2016, 12:25:31 pm »
I guess you could seal it in a plastic bag
with a bug bomb and take care of the bugs.
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Offline sleek

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Re: Large strip of osage bark
« Reply #8 on: August 08, 2016, 12:41:08 pm »
Quote from: hunterbob on August 06, 2016, 09:32:51 pm
I took and made some really nice picture frames out of the bark for my daughter.

Patrick sent me this pics. I liked that. My wife said so too...
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Offline Spotted Dog

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Re: Large strip of osage bark
« Reply #9 on: August 08, 2016, 02:38:54 pm »
Heart wood and the orange papery cover on roots make a nice yellow dye. Never tried bark. Boil material
and throw in some 0000 steel wool that has been washed real good and you get a green.
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Offline E. Jensen

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Re: Large strip of osage bark
« Reply #10 on: August 09, 2016, 11:11:15 am »
Find a clear garbage bag and put it in the sun for a while, that'll cook any bugs.
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Offline Mounter

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Re: Large strip of osage bark
« Reply #11 on: August 13, 2016, 09:43:41 am »
I had a few strips like that waiting to be burned in the firepit.. It rained yesterday and I noticed the inner bark was loose. Stripped a bunch of it off for handle wraps or maybe even bow backing?
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Offline Chippintuff

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Re: Large strip of osage bark
« Reply #12 on: August 13, 2016, 12:41:18 pm »
Are the fibers in the inner bark strong?

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Offline Mounter

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Re: Large strip of osage bark
« Reply #13 on: August 13, 2016, 02:16:38 pm »
I think as a backing, it might add a little strength but more as a decoration. It has some nice color streaks in it...
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Large strip of osage bark
« Reply #14 on: August 13, 2016, 10:30:45 pm »
Be sure it can take the bending under tension. It could damage a bow if it breaks while drawn.
 You could use the inner bark as weavers in a basket quiver.
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