fatwood in a can...

sadiejane

sadiejane

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waiting on the epoxy to dry while working on another project decided to fill this little tin up. really prefer to do this in my leisure instead of when im wanting a fire now! that little izula shaves quite well. and after all this time the coating is still holding up fine. and shes been used almost daily for more than 6 months, albeit some of that was light duty household chores...

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the other project...removed this stag handle from an old knife(top one is the old carving blade-bottom is new knife) outta carving set and installing a "new" 15 yr old brusletto blank i had lying around

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Cool. quick question when your done shaving the fatwood do you leave it "loose" or do you compress it a little to remove empty airspace and to get more in the can? and
Good luck on the handle swap looks like it could turn out nice.
 
I've never used fatwood--does it take a spark directly or do you add it to tinder to get the fire going?
 
Dang these threads. Makes me want to hunt some fatwood. Albeit I think I could buy a pack of sticks and save myself a lot of searching.
 
on another thread someone mentioned they sell it at wally world
whod a thunk it...
dont get there often meself-they dont exist in the urban core
at least not in this neck o the woods
if its somewhere ya frequent reckon itd be worth a look
if yr thinking bout just buying some for now
peace
 
those fat wood shavings will fire right up when ya hit em with a spark from anything-firesteel lighter whatever-just have yr other kindling ready to go
 
So excuse my ignorance, could someone explain to me what exactly sets 'fatwood' apart as a particularly good form of tinder, and what exactly is fatwood??

Thanks heaps!!
 
Good idea with the tinder...when you're freezing, trying to break stuff up for starting is an unpleasant task.
 
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My sister has been getting gallon ziploc bags of fatwood sticks for Christmas from someone for quite a few years. Has no idea what they are for. She thinks they smell good for the holidays and sometimes uses them for starting campfires because they burn really good. If only she knew. I just grabbed another handful today to make firestarter curlys during these boring Wisconsin rainy days. I know that you don't even need to make curls with them, but what the heck, I grab lint from each load in the dryer, put it in a large pill bottle and fill the rest up with fatwood curls. Plus, she's right, it does smell pretty darned good. I used the RC-5 today. What a beast of a knife. Force equals Mass times Acceleration. Not much is stopping that tank.
 
If your looking to buy fatwood most grocery stores sell ot too.
Just go to the grilling area, most stores sell the usual lighter fluid, wax and sawdust, AND natural fatwood firestarters. Six bucks got me more fatwood than I would use in a year!

BTW in an emergency split the end open in an X pattern and place toothpicks in cross ways. Stand the fatwood on its end (split end up). Works like a candle.
Learned that in Cody Lundin's book "When all hell breaks loose".
 
the izula sheath is indeed a custom. made by hoopster-a member here. i really like it. thinner and smaller round than the stock sheath. slides right into that back pocket and hardly know its there.
 
I picked up a box of Fatwood from my local King Soopers (Krogers, Ralphs... same people) for about 3 or 4 dollars. I used about 3/4ths a stick and shaved it down into an altoid tin myself. Duct taped shut now. My hands were quite sticky after shaving it down. Great idea!
 
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