Finding suitable wood for friction fire

[evbouret]

I was wondering what guidelines you guys look for in friction fire woods?

I have been attempting to make fire with commonly found trees here in Hawaii. Haven't had much luck so far, but I won't stop trying.

What do you look for in a fireboard? drill?

 

[BarberFobic1992]

is there bamboo id hawaii? if so, that opens up a whole new world of opertunities.

 

[tknife]

Any medium/hard wood that doesn't have a lot of resin in it should work. Not sure what type of trees you have there, but probably nothing like whats here in CA. Do you have ash trees? They seem to be found everywhere and that is what I got my very first friction fire off of.

 

[evbouret]

There is bamboo, and I have read up a ton on the firesaw. But bamboo isn't common every where that I hike and is only common in areas with semi frequent human traffic. I would like to find a different wood if possible.

We don't have any native pines or other resiny trees. Has anyone tried guava wood?

 

[jimfbte]

Aloha,

Use dry Hau. At PCC, the Samoans demonstrate the fire plough using dry Hau - works fine.

Hau is available almost on any valley trail.

Jim