tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5086026991280831425.post6887836947418276224..comments2024-03-18T11:38:13.384-02:30Comments on Elfshot: More than just a birch bark tubeTimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11473674521424237610noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5086026991280831425.post-29653932873385825112017-02-19T20:29:46.442-03:302017-02-19T20:29:46.442-03:30Great jobGreat jobAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06652436523619830959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5086026991280831425.post-65183682482763174522017-02-19T20:22:49.968-03:302017-02-19T20:22:49.968-03:30Hi Tim,
It's great to see others interested in...Hi Tim,<br />It's great to see others interested in the native culture of Newfoundland and Labrador. It saddens me to know how little was preserved of them. The reconstructions look good. If only we could see what they had in those times. I've been always curious of the wood they used for their bows. Mountain ash just doesn't seem like a good bow wood. I wish they could find howleys bow fragments for testing. Also did they shave saplings or split pine for arrow shafts?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06652436523619830959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5086026991280831425.post-46785055822349751422014-10-01T18:38:58.357-02:302014-10-01T18:38:58.357-02:30The bark is not too hard to work with. Its a litt...The bark is not too hard to work with. Its a little like working with a big unwound cardboard tube. The body of the bark is very tough, but there is a tendency for it to split inside those little white dashes in the bark. The split will stop at the edges of the dash, but it doesn't take much extra tension for it to carry into the orange part of the bark and then it can cause problems. <br /><br />There's no need to soak bark, but heating it makes it soft and pliable. A sheet of birch bark warmed to the point where its almost to hot to handle is soft and flexible as leather. If its small enough, you can heat it in your oven. Fire if you are outside is helpful. I use a heat gun in my workshop.<br />Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473674521424237610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5086026991280831425.post-75988390575726578072014-09-29T11:58:56.647-02:302014-09-29T11:58:56.647-02:30How hard was it to work with the bark? Any special...How hard was it to work with the bark? Any special prep (soaking?) to make it workable? Mikenoreply@blogger.com