tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359115408034187666.post218420800831995744..comments2024-01-17T04:20:21.902-07:00Comments on The Urban Survivalist: My Cold Steel order showed upThe Urban Survivalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02152463957382927413noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359115408034187666.post-62958432604256799092010-07-04T07:23:02.602-06:002010-07-04T07:23:02.602-06:00The balsam is one of the easier pine to get sap/pi...The balsam is one of the easier pine to get sap/pitch from. If you have any in your area, look at the bark and you'll see 'blisters' on it- they're filled with pitch. Poke a small hole at the base of the blister, squeeze it out by pressing on the bubble. Another easy way to get sap from it is to strip off a section of the bark, or peel it off. The inner bark is filled with pitch. Balsam maintains these blisters year round, though kind of frozen in winter.<br />Spruce usually have a good flow only in the spring, so you can pretty much expect a waiting period on them.<br />White and Red pine are probably the worst to get pitch from and their bark is about the toughest to get under.<br />Tamarack/Larch are the driest trees I've ever run into, even those making their home in the swamp.<br />One of my fave 'breath fresheners' is the iner bark of the Balsam, BTW. Chew it like gum. Tastey and a good dentifrice as well.<br />Shy IIIShy Wolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12708293970831678927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359115408034187666.post-54223916125867347532010-07-01T19:17:24.630-06:002010-07-01T19:17:24.630-06:00That's what I figured. Usually, the season ma...That's what I figured. Usually, the season matters. I don't want to completely wreck the tree in my front yard just to put some sap on a little cut. There are a lot of spots all over the trunk where the previous owner removed limbs so that you can walk underneath it. The spots where the limbs have been removed are where the sap is seeping. It's just not enough to matter.The Urban Survivalisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152463957382927413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359115408034187666.post-32715498152513287512010-07-01T18:42:36.250-06:002010-07-01T18:42:36.250-06:00It depends on the tree species and temperatures pr...It depends on the tree species and temperatures probably, but sometimes that sap can take awhile to start flowing. I usually try to find a tree that's already damaged from a broken off limb or someone's axe or whatever. I was lucky that day I got cut so bad, as there was a pine in the yard that I had probably whacked with a machete or maybe hit with a broadhead days before. In the case of woodcutters, they could usually just go back to a stump from the day or two before and find plenty of sap.Scott B. Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10984429607322718345noreply@blogger.com