What do you guys think? Enough Fatwood?

storl

storl

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If you thought the firesteel order was a lot of fire in one place, you should see my pile of fatwood:

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I don't think I'll have any trouble starting fires anytime soon. Not that I did before, but I am a total W&SS failure if I can't get a fire going with all of this.

I got 500 lbs total, in 3", 4", 8", and 12" sticks. I thought the little sticks were pretty cool, since they are already the right size to stuff into PSKs and any other nook and cranny you can find. I even got some massive chunks of fatwood, just in case anyone wants to carve a bear out of fatwood, or whatever else people do with several pounds of a firestarter.

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Love the smell of that stuff. Used some today when my progeny (ages 8 and 11) got out their magnifying glasses to starts some fires. Sure beats sitting in front of the Wii.
 
powernoodle said:
Love the smell of that stuff. Used some today when my progeny (ages 8 and 11) got out their magnifying glasses to starts some fires. Sure beats sitting in front of the Wii.
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Haha, yeah, our laundry room will apparently be smelling very strongly of the stuff for a while. It's a good thing I don't sell manure, or my wife might kill me.
 
Dude - I just got in 10 pounds of the stuff - and I cut a few pieces to put on key chains and the like. My saw was a mess. I would hate to see what your cutting tools looked like after that!

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Nice!
I got this last year, I found this tree that had fallen. There was about a 10 foot section that was ALL pitch. I took a junk chainsaw and got all of it. It took many loads out on my four wheeler. I even got the root ball. It is seriously the best fatwood I have ever seen too. I was pretty stoked. More than I could ever use.
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If you need some, depending on where your at, it is really easy to find. If you have pine trees, there should be plenty around. Where I go elk hunting, it is hard not to find a stump that is not pitchwood. This one was cool because it was the tree, so I got mostly straight pieces out of it. If your ever in Oregon, let me know, I will hook you up with some...
 
Talfuchre said:
Dude - I just got in 10 pounds of the stuff - and I cut a few pieces to put on key chains and the like. My saw was a mess. I would hate to see what your cutting tools looked like after that!
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Haha, it was my bank account that was a mess, not my cutting tools. I bought it in bulk from Fatwood. I don't think I could get 500 lbs by myself in any reasonable amount of time. :D
 
That's a lot to buy! Getting 500 pounds isn't the problem, just cutting it... I just cut a few hundred pieces when ever I feel the need. Another thing that is really nice, take a chainsaw to it and cut it with the grain, that is the best fire starter out there! Look in my hand, that stuff is potent! See how dense the wood is with the pitch!
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Oregon Knife Guy said:
That's a lot to buy! Getting 500 pounds isn't the problem, just cutting it... I just cut a few hundred pieces when ever I feel the need. Another thing that is really nice, take a chainsaw to it and cut it with the grain, that is the best fire starter out there! Look in my hand, that stuff is potent! See how dense the wood is with the pitch!
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Minimum order is 500 lbs, which is why I got that much.

I'm actually trying to get them to send me some of the fatwood sawdust as well. The Maya Dust that LMF sells usually gets terrible reviews, so I am wondering if there is a way to make it better. Fatwood (the company) mentioned that they have a lot of trouble keeping it dry after it is in a pile from the cutting. I guess the shavings are not as impervious to water as the sticks are.
 
i just bought some from menards, a hardware store by me, I havent been able to go searching for any in the woods yet because ive been really busy taking care of my son who was born in feb. plus we havent had a decent weekend here in a while.
 
fat wood is just the really dense, sappy wood down at the base and in the roots of most trees right? ....or?

what are the best tree in which to find it?
 
Yes, it is really dense sap in a tree. Usually a tree that busted during wind or a lightning strike. The trees I find that are really good are pine trees. Look for a stump that appears old, with a gray color to it. Take a hatchet or knife and cut into it, if it is really hard and has a red look inside, there you have it... Good luck.
 
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