how to get pine resin???

[timtom1]

How do you get pine resin from the pine tree do you just make a cut in the tree or is it better to drill a hole?

 

[law]

hi timtom1
i wud avoid cutting or drilling if you can,instead look for already damaged or windblown branches or scars. there you shud find the whiteish crystalised resin, all conifers produce
this resource spruce being a major one if you find a forestry plantation look along the tracks were havesters and skidders have been most if not all the unfelled trees will have sustained sum branch damage hope this helps

 

[Ogri the trog]

Here in Mid Wales, the sheep seem to like licking it!
There are often wounds in the conifers at low levels and the resin that seeps out is licked by the sheep in the adjacent fields so that its all smooth. You can prise a piece of resin off lower down for fire lighting and glue, but if you want it for chewing yourself, I'd go for something a bit higher up the tree!
Theres no need to create further damage as there'll be plenty occouring naturally.

ATB

Ogri the trog

 

[Tipi]

i read in a climbing book a good way to get resin is to boil the needles, havnt tried it so not sure if it works.

climbers use it for drying fingers and making them sticky, instead if chalk