Post #110273 by Octane on Wed, Aug 25, 2004 9:01 PM

it is hard to tell from the picture, is the palm really hairy looking with those big X's? or is it just have big X's?

If it has just big X's and doesn't look like an afro, then i take a crowbar/long pry bar and run itup the log, which nocks the big X's off. then there will be a thin coat of thick paper (red) like bark that comes off very easy with the same prybar/crowbar. if you want to strip it down to just palm use a draw knife. or if it gives you trouble take a chainsaw and just skin the outside of the log.

If it is a palm that looks like an afro, then you use the utlilty knifeand just make a cut vertically about a foot into the fur, then just start going around and around with the utiliy knife removing layors, then comeback with a draw knife and skin it to just palm wood. the really furry guys have a great wood inside of them, white, soft and hardly any fibers.