Hackberry bark?

[lebhuntfish]

I cut a sapling of hackberry that needed to go in the middle of my wife's cousins yard.  Yesterday I peeled the bark off and decided to try and save some. I literally pulled it off bare handed in almost full length section.  I cleaned the rough part off and rolled it up and used a little piece of the bark to tie it.
My question is now what? I've never messed with bark before. And not sure how to cure it or anything.
Any help would be awesome. Thanks

Patrick

[Sasquatch]

I'm assuming you want to make a quiver from it or something. Otherwise just throw it away.  But you need to get it into the shape you want it ASAP. The bark dries and will lock in position.   Don't forget to seal the woods back.

[lebhuntfish]

I got the back and ends of the stave all sealed up. I evened up the thickness and sorta roughed out the bow so it will dry evenly.

II was hoping to use the bark for a handle wrap or maybe a decorative backing like some people on here have using cherry bark.
II think someone on here once said that they soaked it in linseed oil. But I'm not sure.

Patrick

[PatM]

 Bushy showed Elm bark used as a handle wrap. It's just a matter of soaking the bark to make it pliable again.

[osage outlaw]

Hackberry bark is all warty.  How is that going to work for a handle wrap?

[PatM]

He probably means the inner bark.

[lebhuntfish]

Yes,  the inner bark. I stripped it off and it started turning this beautiful red/rusty color  after a few minutes.

Any thoughts on the linseed oil?

Patrick