Subject: [baidarka] Proper species of willow?
From: WeBookPeople@aol.com
Date: Tue Jul 08 2003 - 06:07:48 EDT
Hi, listers,
I've been devouring the archives as fast as I can, and I'm glad as many
things come up that shake my assumptions :-)
Just now i saw a post from 1998 that says that weeping willow is not the
thing to use; too weak and brittle. Well, I thought weeping willow *was*
willow;
it is about the only thing I see here in TN USA.
Can someone tell me more about the sort of willow I should be looking for? I
am planning to cut rib stock as soon as I find proper stuff and soak them in
salt water until I'm ready to rib (ahven't really settled on a design yet).
Failing willow, there are a lot of trash hackberry trees in this area and I
might just split ribs out of that. Will a salt-water soak keep these bendable
or should I wait until the deckworks is made and cut new green stuff if I go
with hackberry?
Cehers/Carron
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