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As I work shifts it is often Mrs Pit who gets our woodstove going in the evening. Mrs Pit swears by fuzz-sticks to get the fire going as quickly as possible and although I usually leave some ready, these often run out !
On one such occasion Mrs Pit decided to make some fuzz-sticks of her own......after much swearing and frustration she realised that they are not as simple as they seem. What she tended to end up with was a big pile of shavings rather than fuzz-sticks. Although shavings are great for a campfire they don't reach up as high thus warming the flue as quickly as fuzz-sticks when in a woodstove.
I'd noted myself that when I used a Mora for fuzzies I sometimes tended to bite in too deep, maybe a Mora would work for Mrs Pit save the blade skimming out toward the bottom of the fuzz-stick. She tried the Mora and it was an improvement but still not very good.
I then fetched a selection of my knives which I find the best for Fuzzies and proceeded to let Mrs Pit try out each one.
I was in the kitchen making some coffee when I heard Mrs Pit shout out " This is it, found it !!!! " I went back into our living room and saw Mrs Pit with a perfect Fuzz-stick in one hand and my little ML knife in the other. Turns out this little blade, with the thick ugly handle that I'd made, worked perfect for Mrs Pit !
I have since put my Koster Nessie to one side and have also been using the ML, it slices like a dream, offers great control and you get zero hand fatigue.
Mrs Pit found the Ryan Weeks bushcrafter to be her second favourite, once again this knife has a very chunky handle.
Here are the knives in order with Mrs Pits favourite at the top ~
You can see the thick slabs on these two favourites~
And the thin Koster by comparison...remember these are all my favourite Fuzzy makers so even with the thin slabs etc they still beat most of the other knives in my collection !
On one such occasion Mrs Pit decided to make some fuzz-sticks of her own......after much swearing and frustration she realised that they are not as simple as they seem. What she tended to end up with was a big pile of shavings rather than fuzz-sticks. Although shavings are great for a campfire they don't reach up as high thus warming the flue as quickly as fuzz-sticks when in a woodstove.
I'd noted myself that when I used a Mora for fuzzies I sometimes tended to bite in too deep, maybe a Mora would work for Mrs Pit save the blade skimming out toward the bottom of the fuzz-stick. She tried the Mora and it was an improvement but still not very good.
I then fetched a selection of my knives which I find the best for Fuzzies and proceeded to let Mrs Pit try out each one.
I was in the kitchen making some coffee when I heard Mrs Pit shout out " This is it, found it !!!! " I went back into our living room and saw Mrs Pit with a perfect Fuzz-stick in one hand and my little ML knife in the other. Turns out this little blade, with the thick ugly handle that I'd made, worked perfect for Mrs Pit !
I have since put my Koster Nessie to one side and have also been using the ML, it slices like a dream, offers great control and you get zero hand fatigue.
Mrs Pit found the Ryan Weeks bushcrafter to be her second favourite, once again this knife has a very chunky handle.
Here are the knives in order with Mrs Pits favourite at the top ~
You can see the thick slabs on these two favourites~
And the thin Koster by comparison...remember these are all my favourite Fuzzy makers so even with the thin slabs etc they still beat most of the other knives in my collection !
