First fatwood harvest

[333rm]

Shotty might of found one of the biggest fatwood scores that I've ever seen in one giant log! That totally explains the massive bonfire that night.

 

[Mrs.Shotgunner11]

Shotty might of found one of the biggest fatwood scores that I've ever seen in one giant log! That totally explains the massive bonfire that night.

Let's give credit where credit is due. 1066vik found it.

 

[Mrs.Shotgunner11]

Shotty might of found one of the biggest fatwood scores that I've ever seen in one giant log! That totally explains the massive bonfire that night.

Let's give credit where credit is due. 1066vik found it.

 

[texastonydobbs]

Let's give credit where credit is due. 1066vik found it.

True that :thumbup:

 

[1066vik]

Naah - Shotty found it, I'm just the one who batonned it down with my izula while he ate lunch.
I can't believe no-one noticed it in the pic.

 

[shotgunner11]

Yea! Shove your "credit due" in your hootie hole!

I found it and gifted it to Erik (because I'm too lazy to cut it down).

 

[Albin]

I'm not trying to rain on your parade. This is a piece of fatwood 1066vik and Mr. S harvested at the ESEE Fest.

[snip]

What's an ESEE Fest?

 

[Switchblade61]

What's an ESEE Fest?

Check out those coconut shells, those might give you a hint...

 

[cricketdave]

esee fest was a awesome 4 day campout with folks from the forum drinking too much cooking good food and having a blast. hiking kyaking and firebuilding that would have made nero ashamed of his pitiful fire.

 

[1066vik]

it's what happens when a batch of folks from the ESEE forum go camping together.
amusing bit of Irony - the person who traveled furthest for this last one was the first one there....

 

[1066vik]

esee fest was a awesome 4 day campout with folks from the forum drinking, too much cooking, good food, and having a blast. hiking kyaking and firebuilding that would have made nero ashamed of his pitiful fire.

I added punctuation for you Dave -- and you're right! way too much cooking! we had to shanghai some poor young soldier and force feed him! (not that he complained) Even so, we still had leftovers.

 

[LittleSpartan]

1066 who was the first one there? and where'd they come from ?

 

[1066vik]

me.
750 miles north of the campground.
middle of the country.

 

[shotgunner11]

me.
750 miles north of the campground.
middle of the country.

Well, the Mrs. and I had to drive for 3,420 seconds to get there.... Bet you didn't think of it like that huh?

 

[Slugger]

Hey as we continue to shave curls, I'm wondering if these evaporate much and dry out. Is it better to leave them in blocks or sticks till use?
Thanks,
Slugger

 

[kgd]

Hey as we continue to shave curls, I'm wondering if these evaporate much and dry out. Is it better to leave them in blocks or sticks till use?
Thanks,
Slugger

Yes you get surface layer volatilization and a bit of oxidation. That is why fatwood smells so good when you first gut it. But the loss is only a couple of mm or so, so I find it easier to process to kit sized blocks for later use. Besides, freshly cut, the fatwood is a bit on the sticky side. Its actually nice when that out layer sort of dries up and cruds over. As soon as you cut the surface you will be back into the good stuff.

 

[Slugger]

Roger that thx. I thought that they looked a little different. Looks like it's time to make a fire and burn up what we've curled up. We'll turn our processing into just enough sticks to outfit the packs and leave the rest in chunks for now.
Thanks again,
Slugger

 

[kgd]

Hey as we continue to shave curls, I'm wondering if these evaporate much and dry out. Is it better to leave them in blocks or sticks till use?
Thanks,
Slugger

If you are using a firesteel to light up the fatwood dust, the best way to process is the actually scrape the dust off the fatwood with the edge of your knife. Rather than cut thin curls, scrape dust into a little pile. The dust will ignite in one or two strikes. Then shave a couple of curls for kindling and longer burning to get your fire going.