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Re: Other: Master Builder - cedar bark canoe
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 1/12/2012, 1:34 am
In Response To: Re: Other: Master Builder - cedar bark canoe (Mike Bielski)

: I used to climb trees a lot when I was a kid, and there were a lot
: of the native white pines around to be climbed... I can tell you
: that it is not surprising that stuff can be permanently glued
: with pine pitch. It won't come off the hands, or the clothes, or
: anything you touch with it.

: Have you all read Survival of the Bark Canoe by John McPhee? It's a
: great book, mostly about a guy who makes bark canoes.

: m

Hi Mike,

Got that right, stickiest stuff on the planet. Only thing I've found that removes it from your hands is Lava soap, takes several layers of skin with it.

Bill H.

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Other: Master Builder - cedar bark canoe
ancient kayaker -- 1/10/2012, 3:06 pm
Re: Other: Master Builder - cedar bark canoe
Rod Tait (Orca Boats) -- 1/10/2012, 4:13 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/11/2012, 2:01 am
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Jay Babina -- 1/11/2012, 9:17 am
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Mike Bielski -- 1/11/2012, 10:31 am
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Jay Babina -- 1/11/2012, 11:00 am
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Mike Bielski -- 1/12/2012, 10:45 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/12/2012, 1:34 am
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Mike Savage -- 1/12/2012, 6:50 am
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ancient kayaker -- 1/12/2012, 10:37 am
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Mike Savage -- 1/12/2012, 4:42 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/16/2012, 3:25 am
Re: Other: Master Builder - cedar bark canoe
Bill Hamm -- 1/16/2012, 3:23 am