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| Go and collect a long piece of lime wood about
the width of your fist at the base with as little knots as possible. I wouldn't cut down a single lime tree. This wood was taken from a bunch of shoots around where there were large fallen lime trees. Cut thought the base of the wood as cleanly as possible at a diagonal. (cutting at a slant will stop rain water etc resting on top of the cut and will reduce the chances of the tree catching diseases etc. Its a good idea to do this when cutting any wood from a tree.) |
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| cut thought the bark in a line down the length
of the wood. |
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| Start to peel back the bark. It will probably
be very hard to do with just your hands because the bark is so strong.
Make a tool called a 'Spud' to help you (a chisel shaped piece of wood) |
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| When the bark is totally removed from the wood put it in a slow moving stream for 2 weeks or more. Make sure it is totally submerged. i used sticks to hold it beneith the water. |
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| After 2 weeks of the bark being ion the stream
the layers of bark may have separated enough. The bark will stink too! It
will probably be covered in slime and various creatures may have made
their home in your bark. Simply rub off the slime with your hands, some of
you probably wont find this a pleasant job buy just get on with it! |
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| This is one layer of bark and is so thin you
can practically see through it. It reminds me of greasy chip shop paper |
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| When the fibres dry they become nice and soft
ad are ideal for cordage making. Because the fibres are long you don't
need to introduce new fibres as often when making cordage so the final
cord will be stronger! |
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To learn how to make the dried fibres into cordage click here |
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