Going traditional

Found some elder (sambucus) lying around on a walk down the lane with Avid Junior so thought to grab a handful as it's not something I've used before. Fortunately picking the bark off the pith (insert suitable joke here) with a  thumbnail was possible, but it's pretty delicate stuff.

Not sure how best to drill for a quill or cane stem, might have been better done before I stripped the bark off, still I've plenty more to play with if that's the case.

Results will be posted in due course, after a couple of sets of reed floats and a set of assorted Avons are finished....