Bought this at auction. I think it may be an old turning tool? I bought it to use as a semi froe/pry bar for sticking between log splits, to seperate pieces. It may save a finger or two one of these days. It is 25 1/2” long. The metal portion is about 1.5” wide, 2” at the hook. It is around 1/2” thick in places.
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Looks like a bark spud to me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdBd...&feature=share
Last edited by Pete Taran; 01-10-2018 at 6:37 PM.
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Yup, that's a bark spud.
I was once a woodworker, I still am I'm just saying that I once was.
Chop your own wood, it will warm you twice. -Henry Ford
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Thanks for the video and help identifying this tool Pete & Brent. Who knows I may spud some bark with it too, now that I know what it is deesigned for.
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Calling it a bark spud says much and maybe it says even enough, probably, but there are bark spuds and there are bark spuds. One such as this is used for harvesting bark, ( from oak trees? ) to be used in the tanning industry. It facilitated removing the bark, (under the right conditions and with a particular technique) in a way that it could be further processed without to much monkey business, bundeling, transported, stored-up ect... with some efficiency and consistency. After all, like I said, bark spudding was a business.Originally Posted by Mike Holbrook
Last edited by ernest dubois; 01-11-2018 at 2:43 AM.
Wondering if one might harvest bark for chair seats, basket making with a tool like this? Always wondered how the bark for these tasks was harvested.
Last edited by Mike Holbrook; 01-11-2018 at 4:09 AM.
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In that particular I'm not sure, only vaguely recalling the possibility that the bark, (Hickory?) gets taken later from staves, with a drawknife. But that is most likely just one of possibly many techniques. Another instance of using the bark of the tree as the primary product is cork-making where a particular axe is used for scoring the bark and then turned around and the purpose shaped but end of the handle used to pry the bark away, similar to how birch bark is harvested. But, ok, you can see that I drift from the topic of the spud already.
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How about Harvesting your own bark, cut into squares and shingle your house with it!
https://barkhouse.com/whole-system-a...bark-shingles/
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Look at Peter Follansbee's blog to see how he harvests bark and makes ash splints for basket-making. He slices a young tree's bark with a knife and peels it off in long pieces: https://pfollansbee.wordpress.com/ the posts are searchable by topic, so "bark" may work.
I believe he learned from Drew Langsner but I could be wrong
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