The bark of white birch is the traditional sheath material of Scandinavia. The method described in this chapter is a slick way to make a quickie sheath for anything: knife, scissors, chisel, or ...

Neanderthals may have used birch tar as more than just glue; it could have helped them ward off infection and even insect bites. What we call “birch tar” in English has a lot of other names in ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

A dead birch tree on the left, stones and burning wood in the center, and a raised hand with a blackened index finger against a background of burning materials at right. By collecting bark from a dead ...