Huge Fatwood score ( new pics + give away)

FTR-14c

FTR-14c

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I spotted a huge downed tree of solid fatwood on a hike a while back. So the weather man says its going to plummet down into the 40s tonight. Most of you will be laughing right now but it has been a hot winter for us. I dont think it dropped below 60 yet. With a little cool weather on its way I went in and chopped off the largest chunk I could carry and hauled it out. I was a bit shaken from the trek, it weighted about 70lbs so I did not take any photos of it in one piece but here are a few with the working crew.
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This stuff is like hitting porcelain
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The clean up
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This is about 3/4 of it as I shared some with my neighbor for letting me use his chainsaw
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I want to thank the Busse family and all the people on this forum for helping me to attain these beautiful blades. Hope you enjoyed these pics.
 
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Looks like you had a good time. Glad you are enjoying your knives. I would love it if the temp. had to drop to get into the 40s. It was 11 degrees this morning.
 
Some people have ALL the luck ! A pile of knives , 40 degrees is considered cold and did you see that chunk of wood ? What a score . The whole chunk is fatwood . very cool and great pics ! ;)


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Thrill said:
Where did you find the wood? Any left for me to go get some? :)
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Deep in the swamp...

This is a good batch, I would give it an 8 out of 10. The resin is just pouring out, leaving a black puddle of flaming syrup on the bottom of my fire pit.
It is pretty hard stuff, around the knots is the worst. I normally use one knife to chop and split. As long as its a Busse, you can beat the life out of the wood. I never had
even the slightest hint of damage. At the end of a session I just clean them up and if they dont shave I strop them a few times, at worst one pass with the ceramic rod
always brings them back.

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Looks like a great day of chopping. I hope the frigid 40° temp doesn't freeze you out. LOL

Garth
 
Thrill, Not sure where you are, Im in Jupiter. One of my favorite spots to find fatwood is J.W. Corbett, off the Beeline highway. If you go in you really need a 4x4 as those roads will suck you in. They start off OK but things do get ugly fast. They get narrow so there is no place to turn around and the sand is up to your knees so stopping and backing out a few miles is not an option. You just have to power through and hope for a clearing with enough room to bang a U-turn. Thats where you find the good wood.
 
Thanks for the info...I'm down in Broward, might have to make the trip up to see what I can find. Thanks.
FTR-14c said:
Thrill, Not sure where you are, Im in Jupiter. One of my favorite spots to find fatwood is J.W. Corbett, off the Beeline highway. If you go in you really need a 4x4 as those roads will suck you in. They start off OK but things do get ugly fast. They get narrow so there is no place to turn around and the sand is up to your knees so stopping and backing out a few miles is not an option. You just have to power through and hope for a clearing with enough room to bang a U-turn. Thats where you find the good wood.
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Fatwood comes from dead pine trees . the tree has to have died a quick death like being cut down or struck by lightening . I found a nice big stump the other day and harvested a bit of it , but I'll be going back with my chain saw to get the whole stump before too long ;)


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sinjans said:
Thanks for sharing... BTW what type of tree was it from?
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I believe this is southern long leaf pine. In a given area of a few acres there may be 10 or 15 fallen or standing dead pines. If you are lucky you may find one that contains fatwood. It is a mystery to me exactly why all those trees are mush and decay and one a few feet away becomes fatwood. I have heard a lightning strike can transform the whole tree from top to bottom, also the acidity of the ground or the time of year each tree falls may be a factor.
 
Cool pics!!!! :thumbup:

Why do you guys build fires in Florida? . . . . Isn't it always 90 degrees outside? :confused:

Come to Ohio my friend and bring some matches. . . we are freezing!!!!!!! :eek:

Let's Drink! :thumbup:

Jerry. :D
 
i must be lucky because we have fat wood, i call it lightered, stumps all over our land. i was told those stumps were from when my great grandfather cleared the land off and insted of pulling the stumps up he blew them out with some dynamite.:eek:
 
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