[Woodcarver] Harvesting Cottonwood

[Steve Ensley]

Thanx for the advice everyone.  Im going to go see it tomorrow.  Sounds like
the standing trees are live but there some cut wood with some thick bark
segments too so perhaps Ill find some good pieces..

I also have a line on some curly willow that should be great for walking
sticks that Im going to go see.

Perhaps Ill also get a big slice of the live stump and make a
hammerschlaggen stump out of it and wait for the bark to fall off<g>.

On 1/10/07, djsamyrs <djsamyrs at iowatelecom.net> wrote:

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>  Steve, If the trees are dead you should be able to pry the bark off with

> a crow bar or similar tool. But if the trees are live it will be very

> difficult to peel the bark off. I harvest and sell a lot of bark on Ebay and

> I only get my bark from trees that are dead for a couple of years. It will

> take a lot of work to harvest it if they are still green. Hope this helps.

> Dan Myers

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> I just learned that someone I know will be cutting down a couple of

> Cottonwood trees on his property.  Is there any particular procedure or

> hints and tips that I should be aware of if I'm going to collect some of the

> the bark for carving?  Is some of the wood also somthing I should take for

> carving or turning?  Do I want to paint the ends or anything if I am going

> to take precut sections of the wood?  Please forgive if these are dumb

> questions, I am still fairly new to the hobby.

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