Birch bark by the kilo

Birch bark by the kilo at a reasonable price

This birch bark is ideal for any processing. Be it that you want to make birch bark cans or process them into handles. But the larger pieces are also great for roofing in historical reconstructions.

Museums receive special prices per kilogram! For larger quantities, special requests, specific dimensions and for B2B, please contact us separately:

info@birkenleder.de

or

info@geschichtshandwerk.de

 

You have the following variants:

One unit of order quantity is equal to one kilogram of birch bark. 1pc = 1kg

Attention: Exchanges are only made per order and not individual plates.

Does that mean – not satisfied? No problem! Send everything back. Money back or Kilogram to Kilogram exchange received.

 

Variant 1 – Mixed*

Birch bark is not pre-sorted

Different sizes, thicknesses, grains, surfaces

Different qualities (but always so good that you can continue to process the bark in any case)

 

Variant 2 – Sorting white*

Birch bark with a beautiful white side pre-sorted, for surface production for example

Different sizes, thicknesses, grains, surfaces

Different qualities (but always so good that you can continue to process the bark in any case)

 

Variant 3 – Ochre sorting*

Bark with beautiful ochre inside pre-sorted for can production

Different sizes, thicknesses, grains, surfaces

Different qualities (but always so good that you can continue to process the bark in any case)

 

Variant 4 – A-quality*

Bark is ideal for braiding.

Thin and easier to peel

Different sizes, thicknesses, grains, surfaces

Different qualities (but always so good that you can continue to process the bark in any case)

* Flawless in selection means there are no serious scratches on the selected surface

Other uses

Ideal for making birch bark tins, bread baskets, caskets

As a building material, veneer, cladding, decoration, art, material, ideal in combination with wood and cork

Origin

This birch bark comes from the northern part of Russia. There they are painstakingly harvested by hand from living trees. Done correctly, it does not harm the tree and the bark grows back after 3-5 years. In this way, a tree can be used several times. Certainly one or the other birch bark plate is also from the felled tree. In contrast to Western European forestry, birch is not only mainly burned and processed into furniture, but also used for carvings and for the extraction of birch bark. Even if you may not believe it, the harvest of birch bark is strictly controlled in Russia (at least where we get it from). The birch has another property…. Not only does it regenerate its bark quickly, but the tree itself also grows under the most adverse conditions and very quickly. Thus, birch bark is a very ecological natural product.

Inside

If you use the inside of the birch bark, i.e. the ochre surface turned towards the tree, you use the special property of the bark. Because the birch leather is antiseptic, incredibly robust, does not mold or rot. Whether as a bow cover, knife or fishing handle, birch tins, bread baskets, our birch bark is beautiful to grip and unique in its structure.

Of course, the white outside must first be peeled off. This means that each craftsman can decide for himself how thick he leaves the birch bark to be processed. You can peel the bark very thinly (for surface finishing, birch bark ribbons for sewing, etc.) or you can leave a little more thickness, which gives the future container more stability.

 

Outside

Artists, craftsmen and hobbyists can create very beautiful and unique works with our birch bark. The outside of the birch bark is often painted with ink and acrylic. This way you can embed a beautiful picture in a “natural landscape”. Likewise, the birch leather with its black and white contrast refreshes every piece of furniture (more about this in the showroom)

Processing tips here to download.