Fat wood

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does anyone know if there is fatwood in tennessee? i live in memphis there are some heavily wooded areas around here with pine trees and i have spent alot of time in them over the last few months but iam either fatwood stupid or i just cant find any, any suggestions would be appreciated

thanks mike
 
There should be a lot of pines in Tennessee, since it borders North Georgia and there are lots in North Georgia.

Just look for pine stumps and on the inside there should be some really hard wood, which is a dark brown reddish color that smells like pine sol (the cleaner).

Here is one type of pine tree TN should have in your area that will produce some fatwood from thier stump.

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One of our members, Mistwalker, lives in Tennessee, I believe, and he's the fatwood king. Apparently there's lots of it there. With any luck he'll check in and give you some guidance.
 
dawsonbob said:
One of our members, Mistwalker, lives in Tennessee, I believe, and he's the fatwood king. Apparently there's lots of it there. With any luck he'll check in and give you some guidance.
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hahahahahahahahahahahaha, king eh...where the h#ll is my crown then :p


I can't say for sure how much is in the western part of the state now days. Back when I used to fish that part of the Mississippi River I never had any trouble finding it if I wanted.

The thing is to familiarize with how it looks and smells. Once you do that and find it the first time you'll always no what to look for from then on. There is nothing else in the woods that looks, or smells like fatwood, and I've found nothing else in the south that burns like it. I have written a few threads on this stuff...and several on using it. Check this one out, it may be of some help.

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=619903


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dawsonbob said:
You mean you didn't get it yet? I was sure they said it was in the mail... or maybe they didn't. It's all so confusing.
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Nope...didn't get it yet, must be the recession :)

Spent the day doing and filming a few different techniques for one handed fire starting scenarios, but I think after the remarks about the fatwood last time I think I'll wait till I get them all uploaded before I post it up :D So far only the fatwood is uploaded.
 
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There have been several threads on fatwood in the last week or so, just page through this forum and you will find them. There are a lot of pictures that will help you identify it.

I'd have to look up which pine trees are predominant in your neck of the woods, but if there are pine there should be fatwood. Where I live in the eastern side of the state it is mostly Shortleaf with some Virginia and Eastern White.
 
mistwalker said:
Nope...didn't get it yet, must be the recession :)

Spent the day doing and filming a few different techniques for one handed fire starting scenarios, but I think after the remarks about the fatwood last time I think I'll wait till I get them all uploaded before I post it up :D So far only the fatwood is uploaded.
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That must be it... the recession, I mean.

I'll be waiting to see your new vids, bro. You do good threads with good pics, and I always have more to learn about fire starting.
 
Don M said:
There have been several threads on fatwood in the last week or so, just page through this forum and you will find them. There are a lot of pictures that will help you identify it.

... Where I live in the eastern side of the state it is mostly Shortleaf with some Virginia and Eastern White.
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Which part of the eastern part of the state are you in..north, central or south eastern?
 
Dude I live like an hour away from you in Missouri just right up 55. There's tons of fatwood to be found. Just gotta look.
 
You have to look for pine stumps where the trees died and fell on their own from rot, when the trees start to die the resin settles to the bottom, and when the stump starts to rot away the center is left and is rich in resin, this is fatwood.
 
Alanp said:
Dude I live like an hour away from you in Missouri just right up 55. There's tons of fatwood to be found. Just gotta look.
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maybe im not looking in the right places or something but i have busted ass tryig to find some for months guess im not looking in the right spot ill give it another try tomorrow
 
I'm in northeast Al. I can walk into the woods for ten min. and find more than I could carry, we did have a pine beetle infestation a few years ago and they killed a lot of pine.
 
Home Depot's have it now!! I was in our local Home Depot this week and see that they had 5lb bags of it in the BBQ section! And this is ND!! LOL!
 
Question? Cut down a pine tree (24" dia) that had been dead 3-4 years. On the trunk, about 2' off the ground where there were limbs that had been trimmed, the wood looked streaked with yellow and brown, and when split smelled of turpentine. Does this qualify as fat wood, or does "fat wood" only come from an old stump? Thanks for any info.
 
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