[yaxley]

I dont normally carve the shank and never remove the bark of the shanks .the wood types would make it difficult.

What do you do to secure the bark to the wood, Cobalt? I've had some sticks where the bark would just fall off, however I usually remove the bark and sand the stick.

LAter, Bill

 

[yaxley]

Thanks Cobalt and being species dependant makes sense. There is a "lodgepole pine" wood in the western US that the bark adheres to, and I've made sticks from it. However I would "fleck" the bark with a box cutter for an effect. They sometimes do the same thing with lodgepole furniture.