quick word for fat wood

eastr77

eastr77

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i watched a old frontier movie last night. i have seen may pepole try to explain what fat wood is. this one i think everyone can understand..
the guy tols his son to go find so
pine knotsthat is very easy to locate and quick way to desribe fat wood to pepole who say fat what. how do you find it. the movie was call "the river of no return"
 
alrite i am always looking for easyer ways to desribe some of the things i look for and do in the woods, but so many times i whined up confuseing who i am talking to. like talking tech to someone who knows nothing about computers. the sad thing is i work with 23 men and not a one knows what fat woods is ,even though you can pick it up at wal-mart buy the kerosine. even worst i live in a roule state so its not a bunch of city boys im talking with these are guys who hunt with evey season. and camp.. how can they go into the woods with so little knowledge??
 
resin soaked pine!!!


I'll admit that I had difficulty finding fatwood until it was explained how to find it. By looking for stumps of pine that don't decompose.
 
i dont think so ive looked but never found any in dead or alive cedar trees. but im novice compared to alot guys here
 
Fatwood can sometimes also be called pitchwood, as it is indeed ordinary wood from a tree, that has been saturated via natural means, with the pitch of the tree. I do believe most trees which contain some kind of resinous pitch, possibly also including cedar, can be a source of some kind of fatwood. (Don`t quote me on the cedar part, as i`m not too familiar with it.)

Here`s a link to a good source to explain what fatwood is: http://funditor.110mb.com/wiki/index.php/Pitchwood
 
dipbait said:
This guy contradicts himself. In one sentence hes getting fatwood from what he claims to be a cedar stump, then he says the fatwood is full of pine resin.

http://www.monkeysee.com/play/4782-wilderness-survival-starting-a-fire-with-one-match
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if woodsmoney comes back he could have the answer we seek ,cause i would like to know myself. cedar shaveing light easy but have never produced the rich black smoke like good fat wood upon ignion. i like his video better than rays. that my OP but thats cause im legaly def and cant here ray very well. ray also doesn't give you the feeling that he's thrilled to be there. well done woodsmoney yur site is on my fav list now .do you offer vids for sale or only on you tube would like to have on the big screen:D:thumbup:
 
Thanks for the offer but not necessary. It will give me something to look for on my next outing.
 
no prob man everything great we do together if we as a species were alone we wouldnt last long shareing ideas and things. that what make us great..:thumbup:
 
Cedar trees lack many of the characteristics associated with fatwood producing trees. The resin content is minimal. It won't bleed if cut and like birch(another one of my "fire" trees), there simply isn't enough sap to settle in a dead tree. Athough it lacks resin, cedar does have many other great attributes associated with fatwood.... it burns when wet... isn't prone to rotting... repels most insects and smells great!
 
Thanks Mag.I didnt know. On the video that I posted, the man said it was a cedar stump. He must have been mistaken..
 
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