Oak Tanbark Peeled in Spring, Dried and Ground

Oak bark is the tanner's bark of Europe. It was peeled from coppiced oaks 15 to 30 years old in May and June, when the rising sap lets it come away, dried, and ground to a coarse powder for the tan pit. The picture: peeling a coppice oak with the bark spoon (Alwin Geimer, CC BY-SA 3.0).

初学者

A day to peel, weeks to dry

说明

Cut in sap time

In May or June, once the sap has begun to rise, cut the lower branches off a coppice oak stem and ring the bark at about head height.

此步骤所需材料：

矮林作业的橡树杆1 个

所需工具：

斧头

皮革工作手套

Slit and peel

Slit the bark lengthwise two or three times with a short knife, then lever it off in long strips with the bark spud. Fell the stem and peel the rest. Beat thin branches with a hammer on a stone to loosen their bark.

所需工具：

刀

剥皮铲

斧头

锤子

平整石板

皮革工作手套

Dry

Stand the strips to dry in the wood for some days, then bring them home and finish drying under cover. Tie the dry bark in bundles. This is dried oak bark.

所需工具：

防水篷布

捆扎细绳

Grind

Chop the dry bark small with the hatchet on a block, then pound it with the mallet on a stone to a coarse powder (a bark mill does this at scale). Keep it dry in sacks.

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