Chain store Fatwood and a little pot

upnorth

upnorth

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One of my little toys came in today, the pot. I can try it out on my small portable propane stove but that's no fun. I'll wait for my Titanium Emberlit which seems to be propping up a wobbly leg in the Canada Customs poker room. This Fatwood was the last box in a local chain store here. It was around 13-14 bucks. It weighs about 10 pounds or so and is described as 25 cubic feet. It is not the primo U.S. stuff, but the B to B+ stuff from Honduras. Still definately worth getting a box for the low price and large volume of material.

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The guy who owns that fatwood company ordered a few bars of soap from me when I first opened up shop. Literally my first customer. How weird is that? :D
 
Unless that resin-soaked wood (pine?) doesn't catch on fire, I didn't think there's much difference between anything from the USA or Honduras. What makes it lower quality?
 
"Chain store Fatwood and a Little Pot" - sounds like great title for a book (if i were a writer........).
 
I've seen the fatwood just as that in stores around me, doesn't seem any worse than what you can find. Nice pot, though. :thumbup:
 
CWL said:
Unless that resin-soaked wood (pine?) doesn't catch on fire, I didn't think there's much difference between anything from the USA or Honduras. What makes it lower quality?
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I've gotten FW from the U.S. that was so resin saturated that it was virtually translucent and smelled powerfully of turpentine. That stuff was like Napalm. I am still happy with the Honduran FW and it is absolutely useful, but I have seen differences.
 
The fatwood that Bushman5 and Pitdog get up in Canada is the preeemo stuff !
 
TheGame said:
I've seen the fatwood just as that in stores around me, doesn't seem any worse than what you can find. Nice pot, though. :thumbup:
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Hmmmm, maybe I was spoiled. I had some FW sent to me from a U.S. member a year or two ago. And man o' man that stuff was the best that I've ever had. Got some good stuff from the west coast up here also.
 
upnorth said:
Hmmmm, maybe I was spoiled. I had some FW sent to me from a U.S. member a year or two ago. And man o' man that stuff was the best that I've ever had. Got some good stuff from the west coast up here also.
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I think that has to do with the fact that it was a lucky find of super high quality naturally occurring fatwood, rather than commercially farmed, which probably increases consistency but means you're less likely to have a lucky strike like that, which would be more likely to happen in a downed tree.
 
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