Wranglerstar has a video of making and using a bark spud.

http://youtu.be/YAwYneD6gpw






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From: Phil Koontz
 As usual, Scott G pretty much said it all.  I've never tried to peel an oak
log, but we peel hundreds of feet of spruce logs almost every year.  The
spuds I have came from a legendary local galoot, Don Lowe, who made them
from about 3' of 1-1/4" pipe with a piece of leaf spring welded into one
end.  The shape of the spring is a blunt triangle about 4" long, and you
use it like a thumbnail peeling an orange.  To start the job, push the
tooth along lengthwise for several feet, then start working the bark open
like a banana peel.
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