Fatwood spints in your waterproof matchcase.

T. Erdelyi

T. Erdelyi

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Anybody else cut up match size splints of fatwood and include them in their waterproof matchcase?

I keep 7 or 8 wooden match size pieces of fatwood in my matchcase these can be split even more for light kindlin' or to etend the life of your match, for the little room they take up, they're well worth it when the need to start a fire quickly and efficiently is a necessity.:thumbup::D
 
I keep a piece about the size of 5-6 matches. Can scrape it with a rock or my knife to get some really nice shavings. I love fatwood. One of God's great inventions.

Charlie
 
i also keep a good size chunk in my K & M matchcase..:thumbup: fatwood is great stuff...
 
I put fat wood shavings in a cigar tin with my ferro rod. On the outside I have strips of inner tube, which is great to add to fat wood for a big long lasting flame. Also the inner tube holds on a cut down hack saw blade. Works well for me.
 
i keep an altoids tin full of shaved fatwood dust and several toothpick/matchstick size pieces so that i can use those for getting a fire going.

i normally get a big pile of kindling twigs and set them ontop of a fatwood toothpick and that usually does it for me.

a pinch of the fatwood dust will flame off of a spark from my firesteel.

you can see the fatwood toothpicks and dust in action here

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I'm sure this has been posted before. I drilled a hole in a chunk of fatwood and fitted a blank fire steel in there. So now the handle can be shaved with the scraper to make a little pile that will ignite with sparks. The thing looks kinda rustic but keeps some tinder handy with the steel.
 
I'm going to process this stuff soon if its not needed for the woodstove. And do something akin to sigguys altiods tin. -


 
11x11x - What pine was the source of that fatwood? That looks like some good stuff. Ponderosa?
 
11x11x said:
I'm going to process this stuff soon if its not needed for the woodstove. And do something akin to sigguys altiods tin. -


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What a great chunk of fatwood. I can just smell it now. I have heard it called pitch wood when I was a kid. Pitch, fatwood, greasewood.
 
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