Testing a little fatwood I found...

[EMT_Lee]

It's hard to find decent fatwood in these parts. Most of the white pine around is no good. I found this old stump on my grandparents place, and figured I'd *chop it up and see how it was. It was actually decent. It wasn't really a big stump, but oh well.

ETA: *By "chop it up", I mean "cut it off at ground level with a chainsaw.

Here's a bit I chopped up to test.

Test burn. It does decent.

Here you can see the resin bubbling to the surface as it burns.

Not much. But, thanks for looking.

 

[pitdog]

Looks good enough to me !

 

[kgd]

Good stuff Lee. I must laugh though, with all the mod activity moving gear threads from W&SS to this one, you decided to put a skills thread in the gear thread Is that some kind of protest

 

[TheGame]

Good stuff Lee. I must laugh though, with all the mod activity moving gear threads from W&SS to this one, you decided to put a skills thread in the gear thread Is that some kind of protest

Shh. It was to see if it would be moved.

As far as fatwood, good score. I can't find any around my place, but that is because the pines never fall or die, it seems like.

 

[kgd]

As far as fatwood, good score. I can't find any around my place, but that is because the pines never fall or die, it seems like.

You've been stalking around people's back yards again haven't you!

 

[newyork]

Nice Koster

 

[EMT_Lee]

Is this a skills thread?

I was considering fatwood a piece of gear. I didn't harvest it, or start the test fire, in a very "bushcrafty" manner (chainsaw and bic lighter ).

Fatwood + knife = gear! :thumbup:

 

[TheGame]

You've been stalking around people's back yards again haven't you!

May I ask who is asking?

Thinking of fatwood now.. I really hope I find some when I am in TN in a few weeks.

 

[EMT_Lee]

Nice Koster

Thanks. It's a Woodlore S in CPM-3V and cocobolo.

Now it's a gear thread!

 

[remmmm]

I predict that a year from now this forum will average more visits than W&SS. I mean unless you walk naked into the woods and build a fire or shelter with only your bare hands - you're using "gear".

 

[Bushman5]

I predict that a year from now this forum will average more visits than W&SS. I mean unless you walk naked into the woods and build a fire or shelter with only your bare hands - you're using "gear".

awesome! best post yet! :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:


I actually got stopped by police as i was sniffing a stump in a greenway by the hwy.....lol...they were wondering what the hell i was up to......i told them i was researching old pine stumps for carbon content. They wished me luck and left. I then carried out a 30lb hunk of heartwood fatwood