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Information and Resources => Message Board Q & A => Topic started by: woodrow on November 17, 2010, 05:19:56 pm

Title: de barking a hickory with a hammer...
Post by: woodrow on November 17, 2010, 05:19:56 pm

Has any one tried this .DE braking a hickory stave with a hammer ?????

Title: Re: de barking a hickory with a hammer...
Post by: Pappy on November 18, 2010, 09:25:59 am

Nope,I would be afraid I would damage or dent the back. I always remove it in the spring or early summer cut.Comes off in one big sheet that time of year.If I do cut it in the winter I take it off with a draw knife. I have hit the bark while splitting it ,a miss lick and it will damage the back.
    Pappy