DIY Fatwood matches

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I found this today and thought it might be of interest to some here.

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C'mon Codger! I was hopin' for a recipe to dip the ends in to make these REAL matches! :cool:
 
Pritch said:
C'mon Codger! I was hopin' for a recipe to dip the ends in to make these REAL matches! :cool:
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That's what I was thinking this thread was going to be. Still..it is a cool trick to know. Pre-make some one-ended fatwood "q-tips" and it would save on the knife edge and time....another thing to add a few of to a fire kit.
 
Pritch said:
C'mon Codger! I was hopin' for a recipe to dip the ends in to make these REAL matches! :cool:
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That would be too easy. And too dangerous for me to post. But if you must... google "matchmaking" :D

Did you note that he didn't have to use vaseline or any other accelerant?
 
I grew up around cotton. Not cotton balls, but cotton bales. As in many tons of cotton planted, cultivated and harvested every year. I know very well how flammable it is in it's raw state. In fact, you can wrap a hot coal in cotton, enclose it in a small container and take it with you to start your next fire. A glowing ember can last for weeks inside of a compressed cotton bale (500#+/-), and there is very little that you can do to extinguish it.
 
Nice idea...reminds me a little of the way people use charcloth with flint and steel...holding the char right up against the flint.
 
Joben said:
Nice idea...reminds me a little of the way people use charcloth with flint and steel...holding the char right up against the flint.
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It is a good way to overcome the scattering of your tender.

By the way guys, although the information can be found online, please don't be tempted to try making your own matches. It is dangerous as hell and not worth the risk, even for the "wow" factor. We played with some of those chemicals in chemistry class (under professor supervision). The prof burned off his eyebrows and the floor "snapped, crackled and popped" for some time.

Now that said, anyone willing to try the fatwood match with some other natural tender wrapped instead of cotton?
 
would be neat if the manufacturer of the REI storm matches incorporated resin impregnated wood for the match stem :)
 
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