What's the best blade to make fuzz sticks with?

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I tried last night with a couple knives... yep, I SUCK at making fuzz sticks?! :o

I can make lots of chips.. some long, some short... but they won't stay on the wood?
 
"It's the Indian. Not the arrow"

They don't have to stay on the wood to burn. Sure, it looks cool and keeps them from blowing away when it's windy but there is no need to keep them attached otherwise.

Practice, practice, practice.;)
 
Check out the Light My Fire Swedish FireKnife (it's a Mora with a thin blade), it's been designed for pretty much that purpose.
 
Pretty well any thin (1/8") blade, preferably with a Scandi grind, works well for making fuzz sticks.
 
Also make sure you have a sharp edge on the blade, and cut at a shallow angle into the wood, don't go too deep. You're trying to plane off thin shavings not hack off big chunks
 
Yeah a mora works best for me. I was horrible at feather sticks but spent a week making fires every other day started only with feather sticks, and practiced while I was in the living room. It's all about a long stroke, like 6". Look up sone youtube videos they helped me

Connor
 
cheat..... put a pencil sharpener in your fire kit and just use that on any pencil sized sticks.....makes damn fine shavings and if you look around hard enough you can actually find pencil sharpeners made of magnesium so if it's really being contrary, you can scrape the edges a bit to increase your odds.....

I like the 2 hole kind that can use large or small sticks LOL.... search " KUM 2-hole Pencil Sharpener Magnesium Alloy "

 
Hawgsnawt said:
cheat..... put a pencil sharpener in your fire kit and just use that on any pencil sized sticks.....makes damn fine shavings and if you look around hard enough you can actually find pencil sharpeners made of magnesium so if it's really being contrary, you can scrape the edges a bit to increase your odds.....

I like the 2 hole kind that can use large or small sticks LOL.... search " KUM 2-hole Pencil Sharpener Magnesium Alloy "

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What a fantastic idea!
 
exracr said:
I tried last night with a couple knives... yep, I SUCK at making fuzz sticks?! :o

I can make lots of chips.. some long, some short... but they won't stay on the wood?
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IME, a convex or scandi grind knife is best. The wide shoulder acts as a fulcrum that allows you to control the edge angle more precisely. I find that full flat or hollow grind blades tend to "dive" into the wood more easily.
 
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