For me, it started out being my Mora blade, but I got tired of having the edge dulled by bark / dirt in the bark, and always having to
sharpen it as I also mainly use it for my carving.
Now, I have switched to an Irwin carpet blade / hawk bill knife for stripping bark.
It has a chisel ground, single beveled edge, and works fantastically on even the toughest of bark......I can really get up in the crotch or V of the forks with the tip of it, and mostly use very controlled pull cuts towards myself, with the forks pressed tightly into my pile of shavings in the trash can I keep around......and if it slips, the hook of the tip catches safely in the V of the forks.
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