"Finnished".......I liked that!
I wish there were more birch trees growing around here.....pretty rare in these parts.
. I'll have to see about harvesting some next time I'm up north.....I've got a stick-tang, laminated blade that I would love to 'Finnish' this way.....thank you for the tutorial! 
we have a brush dump here
folks can bring their leaves and grass clipping and brush to dispose of, there
I was out riding my quad, and went in for a peek
skads and skads of thick birch bark
somebody peeled alotta big birches
I grabbed 3 huge industrial garbage bags of the bark as I use it for fire starter
and then I see stuff like this?

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