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Andreas Towtrosky's avatar

Since Schwarz is starting an apparel line, you should supply him with tie-die shirts.

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John Wolf's avatar

How far do you have to look before you find a Hickory tree that will give up 40' strips of bark? I've been happy to get 14'! Unfortunately, the neighbor who wanted to shell the "Hicker nuts" has passed on.

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Peter Follansbee's avatar

John - I don't look far, I just get lucky. My friend Brendan Gaffney has a source in New York that he very kindly shares with me. Otherwise, I'd be totally out of luck. Then I'd have to learn rush seating again.

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Tom's avatar

Very interesting article. I had no idea how those seats were made before I read your post. I also enjoyed your video of the bark harvesting. Lot of work. Also, I liked the Twain references. Both for the content and it reminded me of Roy Underhill making those kind of connections on his show (and in real life) :)

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Marie Pelletier's avatar

busy busy--

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