| Summary: | blackening vbl n n Note. to line a stick a piece of Strong white li ld be used, a piece of an Alder Stick would be burned in the until well charred, then rolled in saw dust to put out the fire. This was called a blackening bran. This bran would be rubbed along the length of the line, The line would be held tight with a man on one end of the line, with a pair of dividers stuck into the log to be sawn Another man would raise the line between thumb and finger and let the line snap back on the line, this would make a perfect straight black line on the log. DNE-cit JH 7/72 Used I Used I Used I Source appears in DNE I as P 26-72. Part of the text is missing in first two lines of quote.
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