I was way off....i thought it was a candy that looked like wood. The thumbnail for the video had my imagination running wild so i had to check it out. Im glad i did....i wish we all knew more about our environment and survival methods.
More like big-boned or thick-limbed. And I identify as "thin" anyhow so it doesn't count as an insult to me or my other pine tree friends in the forest. Hell, they're probably already posting about me or maybe even unfollowing me on SpruceBook.
Another important piece of info he left out for simplicity: The resin heals broken branches. If you see a pine with broken of branches, there will be extra resin there. The tree rushes the resin into the broken branches near the trunk, even when the tree is still living... The resin seals the wood and keeps the rot out of the trunk. Usual it extends 4 to 6 inches thru the broken branch from the trunk
You are awesome! I’m not a camper or hiker, but I do live in the middle of 100 acres of forest. I’ve watched 2 videos, and you’ve already changed the way I view my land. Kudos!
Heads up, literally, before you start pecking on a dead southern pine, look up. Sometimes it takes only a little jarring to bring down a large widow maker limb.
George G. Got to watch for snakes anytime you’re out in the forest, but especially in a coniferous forest of the swampy southeast (cone bearing tree forest where you’ll find the fatwood) you could run into copperhead snakes. And yes, they can be in trees.
It's wood but extra flammable... typically gathered for outdoorsy life such as wilderness survival practice, camping, hunting & fishing; pretty much anywhere you start a small fire pit. Think of it as a luxury item for starting fires. Not necessary, but very nice to have.
popped into my recommended, great to know. time to go learn proper fire safety/how to take care of fire in a way where I won't burn a forest down and I'm golden to start roasting my own marshmallows. thanks dude.
Live in mobile, AL and we recently had a hurricane come through and knock down all of our old pine trees. Ended up finding one of the spots where the city was dumping all of them and man when I tell you I was like a kid in a candy store
Just some additional info: I was taught to look for tree stumps with lots of "fingers" of wood sticking up from the break in the trunk. The fingers are the areas of wood that have been preserved by the resin while the rest of the tree has rotted away. You can break the fingers pretty easily, they snap right off and there's about a 50% chance that a dead tree found like this has a bunch of fatwood. For context, I live on the Oregon coast where plant life rots to mulch almost immediately after dying. So maybe if you live in a very wet area you could use my tip. Also, thank you Coalcracker Bushcraft. I did not know how to find fatwood any other way than what I described here. My way is very reliable, but I always like to learn new or different ways of doing things.
@@salvagemonster3612 Seems weird to brag about being intentionally ignorant, but okay. We're all here to learn more, and we can help each other do that.
How did I not know about this? I went to scout camp every summer as a kid, got my Eagle even, spent countless hours in the woods, never heard of fatwood. Nice work man!
As a scout you definitely should know what it is, I knew what it was and how to find before I was a scout. That was one of the first things we were taught as scouts here in NC. We called it lighter where I’m from.
I've been hunting and hiking all of my life, but never been much into bushcraft until recently. I have already learned so much from your videos. Thank you very much!
We called it lighter pine. Family used to give us kids hatchets and send us into the woods and tell us we cant come back til we each have a bundles worth of lighter pine and kindling. Good times.
I know a little bit of bush craft, but tricks like this really help bring that bit of real to the table when playing Dungeons and Dragons. It might only translate down to a few sentences, but little things like this make the game have that verisimilitude to encourage the suspension of disbelief. Thank you!
I collect resin that has oozed out from Conifers, makes a great fire starter when used with shavings. Also, if you have scrap lumber, Conifer, a lot of times it will ooze sap for a long time to come, splintering it into slivers works well too. I have a garden shed that is 10 years old made of pine tongue and groove and it is still oozing sap.
I have a wood fired furnace in my house, and always use fatwood to get the fire started. I usually buy fatwood from a local business. Thanks to you, I now know how to find it myself.
Him: “Pennsylvania fat wood is nothing like Georgia, South Carolina type fat wood” 3:37 *Me who knows absolutely nothing about any type of wood*: “obviously, Pennsylvania fat wood is trash, you may continue”
This is awesome. I'm 45 and been outdoors my entire life and I'm a little embarrassed to say that I never knew about this. This could be life saving knowledge. Ya learn something new everyday!
I'll be damned. My family has lived on the North Pacific Coast for over 150 years, and like most of us I was raised in the woods. Our forest here is all conifer, though few of them are pines, and it turns out I've seen fatwood more times than I could count, in exactly the same place where you found it. Even though we use those dead branches to turn up the heat on a wood-burning cookstove - works just like turning up the knob on an electric range - I'd only ever heard of fatwood from pines in the South, so I had no idea that was what was in there. (We call those branches pitchwood.) But that translucent sheen in the grain at the branch crown - yeah. We've got that. By the tonne. Thanks for the insight! I always ignored all the "find some fatwood" suggestions for making a fire in the rain, because though we have lots of rain, I didn't think we had any fatwood. Turns out I've been gathering and using it all my life.
It's cool to hear different ways of referring to something. I've always known it as pitch pine or pitch wood. The greenish black, cracked exterior is a good indicator of fat wood as well. Almost looks burnt.
I saw this video through someone scrolling through their recommended in another video and was so intrigued I just had to go find it and watch it myself, lol. It was absolutely worth it, I'm so satisfied with what and _how_ I learned today.
Best description of fatwood on youtube. I've seen a good few, and they all describe it, and what to do with it, but not how to get it. I thought it came from a specific tree which they never named. Thank you for actually explaining what it is, why it is there, and how to get it.
One of, if not the first video of yours I caught a year or so back, and I've been an instant fan since and subscribed to your channel. I keep coming back to this one because it's a favorite.
I’ve known what Fatwood is my whole life but never called it that. I also never knew about finding it in limbs like this. Growing up we heated with wood and dad knew how to find an old tree trunk that was down and get what we called LIGHTER. Lol. Anyway, after watching this video I went into my South Carolina back yard and the first limb I pick gets me a fire with a spoon full of shavings and my ferro rod. Never in my 56 years have I made fire without matches or lighters. Thank you for this video
In Georgia we call it fat lighter, in the 90's we could sell a large coffee can of sticky splinters (we call it) to the rich folks up in Atlanta for $20, fire starter. Make a weeks pay off of one croaker sack full. (80 or 90 lbs of it.)
Ah, so this is what my wife was talking about on the phone with her girlfriend about?, I had no idea she was into Bushwhacking and hiking. Maybe I should buy her a pair of safety knee protectors in case she slips on a rock, she wont hurt her knees.
I’m in South Carolina and I didn’t know you could find damaged limbs that are full of resin. Always thought you had to find the old sap soaked stumps in the dirt only for fat lighter, as we call it.
I agree with you. You're right that limbs and outer stump are just sap wood. The REAL fat lighter (we pronounce it "lightered" in Alabama) has to come from the nearly fossilized, translucent, heart of that underground stump. That's the real stuff! Anything else is OK. But it ain't "Fat Lightered".
One reason is because it's not one of those small, key chain rods. lt's like the one l have and is 6 inches long with a 1/2 inch diameter. lt gives you much more surface area to strike. When l struck mine for the first time, it threw the exact same kind of spark, and my reaction was the same as yours.
This popped on my feed and I figured I'd learn something new...which is exactly what I did. I'm embarrassed to say that, residing in East TN, I should have known this already...but I know it now and knowing is half the battle. Excellent video...thanks, buddy.
Thank you! I had no idea this was a think? as an arborist, and tank down trees, I've noticed this resin build up in limbs but never thought to ask what it was or why it happens. This has been helpful. Semper Fi.
Very good video, reinforced a lot of things I already knew. But I'm going to teach my grandchildren they range from 10 to 6. I've been watching prepper survival Bushcraft videos since 2014 when I retired. And you're one of the best I enjoy them they're about five really good ones in your one of them.
I am about as “city” as you can get but watching this video was both informative and increased my chance of survival during a zombie apocalypse by at least 4%! Great vid bud.
I've been an outdoorsman for years and pine always lights..heard the term fat wood and was bewildered...hell I've been doing this for years! Great explanation
That was so easily recognizable, as it had such a beautiful Amber look to it...you could just see the resin in that limb you held up....super good video!!!!💯% 🎩s OFF ‼️
Immediately went to my woods after watching this video and found some (NE SC area) with my family. It was everywhere that I walk my dog each day and worked as shown just like the pieces I buy from academy. Thanks for the video!
FINALLY I LEARNED something new. here is also one tip: if you find yourself in wood where are no evergreen trees like pine etc., you should look for birch tree. its easy to recognize - white bark with black stripes. we know that bark from birch will burn even when wet. Hope someone find this useful :) greetings from slovakia and thanks for vid mate!
this is awesome. never used an ax like that to make kindling. Looks a lot safer than what I do. Love the old videos. Much different than the new ones. All good stuff.
Good information and the location really does matter when looking for fat wood. Here in Florida I locate a dead Pine ( Or Stump ) that has lost most or all of the soft wood. Only the heart or fat wood is remaining , outside color is usually gray. Chip off a piece of the gray color and it should be dark amber and smells like a bucket of turpentine. The easy way to cut it is with a saw. I like to saw off pieces about 2 inches long. At home I split them till I get a bag full of match size pieces. Old pine logging areas are great places to find it.
I got another use for it. With the right fatwood, you can use a little water and boil the turpentine out of it. Then add sugar to it, and eat it. The ratio is 1 table spoon of turpentine to three table spoons of sugar. It kills parasites. You will wan to do it a few time over a period of days. It works better than eating a half cigarette.
Someone gave me a 6" log of this maybe 10 years ago. I kept it in my tool box and when ever someone couldn't start a fire. I would slip out to my truck and hatchet and get a few chips off and get a fire going. I call it pine knot.
Thanks for the tips! I didn’t know that what I’ve been referring to as “pitch-wood” is in fact fatwood. I have a couple of years worth of fatwood stumps in a pile. Its always nice to have more methods to gathering the gold. Plus, your method is awesome in a survival scenario. Ive been using fatwood for firestarters for years now. There is absolutely nothing better! I just put a 55 gallon bucket, a hatchet, and some big chunks of fatwood in front of my door come late summer. The buckets full after a month or so of working at it for 5-10 mins a day. Gotta be cognizant of the creosote buildup if you use a lot of it tho. But, I use mainly doug fir and pine for firewood anyway. So I’m already a religious chimney cleaner.
Been using it since my pawpaw taught me what it was when I was a kid! Beat fire starter in the world!!! And it's cool you mention us here in South Carolina, we call it fat lighter, and ours gets super resonated and I just use it by the chunk
most exillent , I've started fires in rain storms with fat wood . during any storm theres a direction of travel , therefore a dry side of a tree . collect your tinder from branches above ground , though the outside is wet the inside will be dry and combustible . happy trails 👣 God bless 🕊
Finding Georgia fatwood is super easy if you don't mind ordering it online in large boxes or bundles. I bring a full pillowcase of seasoned, cut, split fatwood sticks on every camping trip. I've never had trouble starting a fire in the wilderness, or in my fireplace during the winter. White Birch bark works really well for an emergency, but never take it from a live tree. I'm going to go out and forage for it to build up my stash. We are surrounded by wilderness. This video was inspiring.
Always amazing to watch vids like this. Recently, stopping at school, a house accross the street was being renovated. There was pine tree, not sure which species, being cut back to be out of the way. I found a beautiful piece which I want to dry a bit as the tree is still alive.
Didn't know what fat wood even was. I learned something. Your audio is really good. I would have thought you used a lav. Mic. But didn't see you wearing one. You use a boom Mic for this? Reguardless, thank you for the video.
First love your channel your information is always spot on, second I grew up in a house that was surrounded by state forest land so I was “bush crafting “ before there was a word for it however I have learned a lot from your channel and thank you for sharing
I'm in the southeast Pa. I look for fat wood often and never find it. I'll take another try at it and see if I can find it using your method. You're right about one thing. The south has much more fat wood than anything we have up here.
Glad I subscribed to this channel. I'd not known where to find fatwood, but there are pine trees everywhere around here, so I just might go collect some this weekend.
I've got a stash of very thinly split kindling made from this stuff. I found mine in trunk wood from a mature Scots Pine, where squirrels had chewed the bark off some years prior. One match stick sized piece with a bit of dry kindling is enough to get my wood stove going. Fantastic stuff!
My local Lowes always has commercial fatwood in the grill and charcoal section. Buy the commercial stuff to get familiar with it, then hit the forest to find your own. Each region's fatwood looks a bit different but the smell is the same.
We cal it lighter knot here in NC and a little tip is look for dead pines, the longer it has been dead the richer it will be and the better it will burn. Try to get it with a dark reddish orange color, it really burns well at that point.
Wow. This was really cool. To extract resin, I always thought you had to make a cut/wound in a tree, then wait a while for the resin to drip out. This is good stuff to know. Thank you for posting.
I haven't done much bush crafting but my girlfriend loves cooking over a fire pit and is always on the lookout for good firestarters. Will need to keep an eye out for fatwood.
great video - my area is so full of paper birch, I've allowed myself to become dependent on it. I'll try fatwood soon and be prepared for a different environment.
While you're obviously memeing, In case you're actually wondering: Evergreen refers to trees (and other plants) which have foliage that remains green (and thus functional) throughout more than one growing season. So it's just a term for a type of tree and has nothing at all to do with how lively said tree is.
I'm a real beginner. I clicked just to find out what fatwood is.
Same here!
Me too lol
Lol so hard
I was way off....i thought it was a candy that looked like wood. The thumbnail for the video had my imagination running wild so i had to check it out. Im glad i did....i wish we all knew more about our environment and survival methods.
Yup
Imagine being a tree chilling in the woods, and a guy appearing out of nowhere in the woods calls you fat.
"Bro you dont have to say it like that"
I'm just big xlylem'ed
Now that's funny
he's telling the tree it's got some "fat wood"
More like big-boned or thick-limbed. And I identify as "thin" anyhow so it doesn't count as an insult to me or my other pine tree friends in the forest. Hell, they're probably already posting about me or maybe even unfollowing me on SpruceBook.
Another important piece of info he left out for simplicity:
The resin heals broken branches. If you see a pine with broken of branches, there will be extra resin there. The tree rushes the resin into the broken branches near the trunk, even when the tree is still living... The resin seals the wood and keeps the rot out of the trunk. Usual it extends 4 to 6 inches thru the broken branch from the trunk
You are awesome! I’m not a camper or hiker, but I do live in the middle of 100 acres of forest. I’ve watched 2 videos, and you’ve already changed the way I view my land. Kudos!
I'm 71 and I just learned something new today. Thank you.
Wow...recon the old saying is true huh.👍
No your not , get off the youtube eugene
Brooo how was the cold war?
@@scottrichard8256 I believe the saying you're thinking of you can't teach an old dog new tricks and then no it wouldn't be true obviously
@@bobbyboucher1936 why are you here? Just to make someone suffer
Heads up, literally, before you start pecking on a dead southern pine, look up. Sometimes it takes only a little jarring to bring down a large widow maker limb.
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Or a copperhead
@@jameshelms5510 what??? 😮😮😮
George G. Got to watch for snakes anytime you’re out in the forest, but especially in a coniferous forest of the swampy southeast (cone bearing tree forest where you’ll find the fatwood) you could run into copperhead snakes. And yes, they can be in trees.
@@jameshelms5510 let me sit down for a moment... 😮😮😮😮
Never heard of fatwood, don't know why this was suggested to me but i'm here and I'm watching
It's wood but extra flammable... typically gathered for outdoorsy life such as wilderness survival practice, camping, hunting & fishing; pretty much anywhere you start a small fire pit. Think of it as a luxury item for starting fires. Not necessary, but very nice to have.
popped into my recommended, great to know. time to go learn proper fire safety/how to take care of fire in a way where I won't burn a forest down and I'm golden to start roasting my own marshmallows. thanks dude.
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Oddly enough, I often get stopped in the middle of the street by people asking "where the hell can I get fatwood!!?"
50 a gram in Wales
I got mine from Amazon!
in my pants
@@Snow-ej5fm 😂😂😂😂
If I had a dollar, right?
*Sees thumbnail*
My brain:
C a N d Y
Same, thumbnail looks delicious
Translation: *"Candeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!"*
Me toooooo!!!
Me too. Df is fatwood and how did it get recommended to me?
_My_ brain: *Fries*
Live in mobile, AL and we recently had a hurricane come through and knock down all of our old pine trees. Ended up finding one of the spots where the city was dumping all of them and man when I tell you I was like a kid in a candy store
I dont know how this ended up in my recommended but, im enjoying this.
Just some additional info: I was taught to look for tree stumps with lots of "fingers" of wood sticking up from the break in the trunk. The fingers are the areas of wood that have been preserved by the resin while the rest of the tree has rotted away.
You can break the fingers pretty easily, they snap right off and there's about a 50% chance that a dead tree found like this has a bunch of fatwood.
For context, I live on the Oregon coast where plant life rots to mulch almost immediately after dying. So maybe if you live in a very wet area you could use my tip.
Also, thank you Coalcracker Bushcraft. I did not know how to find fatwood any other way than what I described here. My way is very reliable, but I always like to learn new or different ways of doing things.
omg ty! I'm up in WA and was having similar thoughts as to how I can find said fat wood since we're in the soggy PNW.
@@kjadfhgioaudbfvilaeu nice username
And I was taught to ignore guys who go on and on about what they know.
@@salvagemonster3612 Seems weird to brag about being intentionally ignorant, but okay. We're all here to learn more, and we can help each other do that.
great tip, thanks.
How did I not know about this? I went to scout camp every summer as a kid, got my Eagle even, spent countless hours in the woods, never heard of fatwood. Nice work man!
As a scout you definitely should know what it is, I knew what it was and how to find before I was a scout. That was one of the first things we were taught as scouts here in NC. We called it lighter where I’m from.
Around here we called it pitchwood, from doug fir, other firs, hemlock, cedar, ponderosa pine, etc. NW Oregon.
Same
I wish I would've stayed and became an eagle scout
I've been hunting and hiking all of my life, but never been much into bushcraft until recently. I have already learned so much from your videos. Thank you very much!
"that's what I tell individuals"
you know a guy spends a lot of time in the woods when he forgets the word "people"
haha I love this guy.
We called it lighter pine. Family used to give us kids hatchets and send us into the woods and tell us we cant come back til we each have a bundles worth of lighter pine and kindling.
Good times.
Or lighter knot
Thats kinda brutal but rad at the same time
@@that1snowyguy251 gotta work if you wanna eat!
I wish my parents did this to me when I was a kid
@@steveallmand784 Or Fatlighter. There are a ton of names for it.
I know a little bit of bush craft, but tricks like this really help bring that bit of real to the table when playing Dungeons and Dragons. It might only translate down to a few sentences, but little things like this make the game have that verisimilitude to encourage the suspension of disbelief. Thank you!
I collect resin that has oozed out from Conifers, makes a great fire starter when used with shavings. Also, if you have scrap lumber, Conifer, a lot of times it will ooze sap for a long time to come, splintering it into slivers works well too. I have a garden shed that is 10 years old made of pine tongue and groove and it is still oozing sap.
I have a wood fired furnace in my house, and always use fatwood to get the fire started.
I usually buy fatwood from a local business. Thanks to you, I now know how to find it myself.
Local loggers get it all the time..
Big boned wood is nicer way to say it.
Exavion Johnson you don’t get it do you? Or do I even get it? Who knows
🙈🙄
Exavion Johnson You’re an idiot.
Thicc wood?
@@Xman-Flavor so what you are saying is i have the same size bones as a newborn?.....dumbass
Him: “Pennsylvania fat wood is nothing like Georgia, South Carolina type fat wood” 3:37
*Me who knows absolutely nothing about any type of wood*: “obviously, Pennsylvania fat wood is trash, you may continue”
It’s not as trash as your spelling there bud
Ev now your comment makes no sense
Roy S Judging by your spelling I’m not surprised you can’t understand it
Ev you don’t get what I did do you...
@@BUILD.THERE. you must live a sad life, giving a shit about people's spelling on the internet. duz it makee you trigered wen i tipe lyke dis?
This is awesome. I'm 45 and been outdoors my entire life and I'm a little embarrassed to say that I never knew about this. This could be life saving knowledge. Ya learn something new everyday!
I'll be damned. My family has lived on the North Pacific Coast for over 150 years, and like most of us I was raised in the woods. Our forest here is all conifer, though few of them are pines, and it turns out I've seen fatwood more times than I could count, in exactly the same place where you found it.
Even though we use those dead branches to turn up the heat on a wood-burning cookstove - works just like turning up the knob on an electric range - I'd only ever heard of fatwood from pines in the South, so I had no idea that was what was in there. (We call those branches pitchwood.) But that translucent sheen in the grain at the branch crown - yeah. We've got that. By the tonne.
Thanks for the insight! I always ignored all the "find some fatwood" suggestions for making a fire in the rain, because though we have lots of rain, I didn't think we had any fatwood. Turns out I've been gathering and using it all my life.
Simple, clear instructions presented in a friendly manner. what more can be asked. Thank you sir.
True that, a nice well endowed southern gal in daisy dukes and a halter top swinging the axe would be nice.
An explanation of what fatwood is? lmfao
Cake it’s when the wood builds up resin. Good for burning
Never heard this called fatwood before. Grew up calling it "lighter wood". Has a pretty distinctive smell.
Literally was going to comment that, if I didn't see it first. Is it a southern thing to call it lighter or what?
@@lukewilson3271 No clue, but I did grow up in the south and everyone I knew called it lighter wood.
South Carolina here everybody I know calls it fat lighter
We always called it fat lighter, it's kind of annoying hearing called anything else lol
@@blazerwilliams2260 yes yes it is
This is one of those videos most people dont search for ,but youtube makes them watch it it anyway
Is youtube losing their algorithm touch? Why would they promote a survival skill???
@@NigelM18 The nuclear war for Helium 3 is coming mate
I keep getting recommended this video. I think the algorithm is trying to tell me to quit school and hide out in the woods.
It's telling you to return to monke
It's been recommended for me multiple times for like a year and I'm just now finally watching it
This is legitimately the most useful video I’ve watched on UA-cam thank you
It's cool to hear different ways of referring to something. I've always known it as pitch pine or pitch wood. The greenish black, cracked exterior is a good indicator of fat wood as well. Almost looks burnt.
I've heard pitch wood and a Cree name for this. Never heard "fat wood"
@@thatdudeoverthere2188 What was the Cree name for it? You have piqued my interest.
Grew up in N.W. Louisiana. I was taught and thus always referred to it as "lighter pine".
Grew up in South Georgia. Real country. Always heard it called “Fat Lighter”
I saw this video through someone scrolling through their recommended in another video and was so intrigued I just had to go find it and watch it myself, lol. It was absolutely worth it, I'm so satisfied with what and _how_ I learned today.
Best description of fatwood on youtube.
I've seen a good few, and they all describe it, and what to do with it, but not how to get it.
I thought it came from a specific tree which they never named.
Thank you for actually explaining what it is, why it is there, and how to get it.
Awesome, informative video that cuts straight to the practical facts. You're a good teacher.
Thank you!!
I second that.
I 3rd it!
My dad always had a bucket of rich pine in his shop by his wood stove. Now I do the same. Stuff is awesome. Cool vid man.
One of, if not the first video of yours I caught a year or so back, and I've been an instant fan since and subscribed to your channel. I keep coming back to this one because it's a favorite.
I’ve known what Fatwood is my whole life but never called it that. I also never knew about finding it in limbs like this. Growing up we heated with wood and dad knew how to find an old tree trunk that was down and get what we called LIGHTER. Lol.
Anyway, after watching this video I went into my South Carolina back yard and the first limb I pick gets me a fire with a spoon full of shavings and my ferro rod. Never in my 56 years have I made fire without matches or lighters.
Thank you for this video
How have I never heard of fat wood? I am pretty outdoors capable and have never heard of this till now. Rock on youtube.
Pretty much all of it's uses have been replaced by more modern capabilities.
In Georgia we call it fat lighter, in the 90's we could sell a large coffee can of sticky splinters (we call it) to the rich folks up in Atlanta for $20, fire starter. Make a weeks pay off of one croaker sack full. (80 or 90 lbs of it.)
@@gsp49 Hey neighbor, in Alabama we added an "ed" to the end of fat lighter and made it fat lightered.
wanna blow your mind hillbilly style.. look up why some places the people spray paint the roadkill
Ah, so this is what my wife was talking about on the phone with her girlfriend about?, I had no idea she was into Bushwhacking and hiking. Maybe I should buy her a pair of safety knee protectors in case she slips on a rock, she wont hurt her knees.
Great little video! Over the last few years I have become acquainted with fatwood and it has become a staple in my "arsenal", thanks for sharing!👍👍
I’m in South Carolina and I didn’t know you could find damaged limbs that are full of resin. Always thought you had to find the old sap soaked stumps in the dirt only for fat lighter, as we call it.
I agree with you. You're right that limbs and outer stump are just sap wood. The REAL fat lighter (we pronounce it "lightered" in Alabama) has to come from the nearly fossilized, translucent, heart of that underground stump. That's the real stuff!
Anything else is OK. But it ain't "Fat Lightered".
You have explained this better than I have been able to in the past and will know be sending folk to this video when I am asked about fatwood.
Dude's forearms are huge. Always handling that fatwood.
popeye
@misa smith uH, MAYBE JUST A MAN WHO ACTUALLY WORKS
Found the gap tooth rebel flag beer gut always has a black eye country girl
Forearms? You should see his fatwood
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"As those revans-- those resins"
A star wars fan, I see
Will you accompany me in the dark Jedi temple and help us get off this planet?
Not everyone is a man child
@@MattC-jg1yb >"I'm not a manchild"
>Likes LOTR
Yikes
@@MattC-jg1yb Lol because liking a movie = manchild.
More like pointlessly trying to insult people on the internet = manchild.
@@admiralampere5513 did I pinch a nerve there? Go consoom some more
That was the most dramatic ferro rod strike I've ever seen in my entire life. How do you get it to spark for so long?
Put lot of pressure on the rod with the knife. And back of the knife should not be rounded.
His knife was also completely covered in that resin from the shavings.... That might have had a little bit to do with it as well
One reason is because it's not one of those small, key chain rods. lt's like the one l have and is 6 inches long with a 1/2 inch diameter. lt gives you much more surface area to strike. When l struck mine for the first time, it threw the exact same kind of spark, and my reaction was the same as yours.
@@JimiBLong where did u buy yours/whats the name of it?
@@dariogrosse5053 hey, let me know too, when you find out where JimiBLong bought his I got a keychain one and never use it because its useless.
This popped on my feed and I figured I'd learn something new...which is exactly what I did.
I'm embarrassed to say that, residing in East TN, I should have known this already...but I know it now and knowing is half the battle.
Excellent video...thanks, buddy.
Just found your channel through Townsend's channel. Love it! City girl so I've got a lot of catchin' up to do! Thanks!
Overheard my son talking about wanting to get some fatwood. I was concerned. Wow thanks for the explanation! I'm now relieved.
Outstanding! I only found out about Fatwood today. This is my second video, the best one. I feel like an expert already. Thank you.
Thank you! I had no idea this was a think? as an arborist, and tank down trees, I've noticed this resin build up in limbs but never thought to ask what it was or why it happens. This has been helpful. Semper Fi.
Very good video, reinforced a lot of things I already knew. But I'm going to teach my grandchildren they range from 10 to 6. I've been watching prepper survival Bushcraft videos since 2014 when I retired. And you're one of the best I enjoy them they're about five really good ones in your one of them.
I am about as “city” as you can get but watching this video was both informative and increased my chance of survival during a zombie apocalypse by at least 4%! Great vid bud.
I don't think you overestimate by saying a 4% increase. Starting a fire is huge! Perhaps THE best skill to learn.
You don’t get to call the superior person “bud”. I’d put you in a rope for berating me like that…
@@mouthwash8182 wash your mouth, bud
@@anima.vestra7498 I’ll wash it out with your moms spit
Tank you Dan for that enlightening explanation and demonstration.
Cheers from Australia.
I've been an outdoorsman for years and pine always lights..heard the term fat wood and was bewildered...hell I've been doing this for years! Great explanation
I'm an Eagle scout, I've never heard of fat wood. Great stuff.
Lol me too
Same
I’m an Eagle Scout too. 50 years ago we called it pickle wood.
That was so easily recognizable, as it had such a beautiful Amber look to it...you could just see the resin in that limb you held up....super good video!!!!💯%
🎩s OFF ‼️
Immediately went to my woods after watching this video and found some (NE SC area) with my family. It was everywhere that I walk my dog each day and worked as shown just like the pieces I buy from academy. Thanks for the video!
FINALLY I LEARNED something new. here is also one tip: if you find yourself in wood where are no evergreen trees like pine etc., you should look for birch tree. its easy to recognize - white bark with black stripes. we know that bark from birch will burn even when wet. Hope someone find this useful :) greetings from slovakia and thanks for vid mate!
True but another note: you need a lot of the bark more than you think it burns quite fast!
I watched this video yesterday and all day today while at work I was looking for "fat wood type" trees! Definitely gonna try it out.
short videos like this are more reasonable than people spending 5 minutes yapping about themselves.
well done
it still could've been 45 seconds
@@spambot7110 What, 25 seconds longer than your best effort with your mate.
Push! so that those others might read it.
Six minutes..
this is awesome. never used an ax like that to make kindling. Looks a lot safer than what I do. Love the old videos. Much different than the new ones. All good stuff.
4 is better than 3
Didn't think I would be learning this today, but really glad I clicked on this video!
Once you see it you’ll find that you can’t not see it. Everywhere! The extra added bonus is that wonderful pine sap aroma.
Good information and the location really does matter when looking for fat wood. Here in Florida I locate a dead Pine ( Or Stump ) that has lost most or all of the soft wood. Only the heart or fat wood is remaining , outside color is usually gray. Chip off a piece of the gray color and it should be dark amber and smells like a bucket of turpentine. The easy way to cut it is with a saw. I like to saw off pieces about 2 inches long. At home I split them till I get a bag full of match size pieces.
Old pine logging areas are great places to find it.
Chuck Littleton I
I got another use for it. With the right fatwood, you can use a little water and boil the turpentine out of it. Then add sugar to it, and eat it. The ratio is 1 table spoon of turpentine to three table spoons of sugar. It kills parasites. You will wan to do it a few time over a period of days. It works better than eating a half cigarette.
HD Candela yes I love pine stuffing, mashed pine and my favorite pine under glass
HD Candela wha???? eating cigarettes?
Chuck Littleton I know this is old. Just stumbled onto your comment. The info is much appreciated.
Thank You for this video. I just learned something new that I look forward to finding and making my own fatwood
soon before my next camping trip.
Pennsylvania Proud! These woods have taught me a lot in my 24 years and Im always looking to learn more.
From Georgia and we have so much fat wood (we call it fat lighter) that we use arm sized pieces to get that fire going hot and fast just bc we can
@@jaybo516 when I go camping thats basically what we do because it burns so bright you might as well not even bring flashlights
Someone gave me a 6" log of this maybe 10 years ago. I kept it in my tool box and when ever someone couldn't start a fire. I would slip out to my truck and hatchet and get a few chips off and get a fire going. I call it pine knot.
I've always heard "fat lighter" or "fat knot" myself
Is the 6" log cut from fresh tree and let dried or dead tree?
Thanks for the tips! I didn’t know that what I’ve been referring to as “pitch-wood” is in fact fatwood. I have a couple of years worth of fatwood stumps in a pile. Its always nice to have more methods to gathering the gold. Plus, your method is awesome in a survival scenario. Ive been using fatwood for firestarters for years now. There is absolutely nothing better! I just put a 55 gallon bucket, a hatchet, and some big chunks of fatwood in front of my door come late summer. The buckets full after a month or so of working at it for 5-10 mins a day. Gotta be cognizant of the creosote buildup if you use a lot of it tho. But, I use mainly doug fir and pine for firewood anyway. So I’m already a religious chimney cleaner.
Been using it since my pawpaw taught me what it was when I was a kid! Beat fire starter in the world!!! And it's cool you mention us here in South Carolina, we call it fat lighter, and ours gets super resonated and I just use it by the chunk
I consider myself something of an expert on this subject as I've gotten fatwood every morning for over 20 years.
Would that make you 32 now?
The way you said that though, lol.
I used to get hardwood every morning when I was younger. Now I take my saw into the bush to collect fatwood for entertainment. 😉😁
most exillent , I've started fires in rain storms with fat wood .
during any storm theres a direction of travel , therefore a dry side of a tree .
collect your tinder from branches above ground , though the outside is wet the inside will be dry and combustible .
happy trails 👣 God bless 🕊
Finding Georgia fatwood is super easy if you don't mind ordering it online in large boxes or bundles. I bring a full pillowcase of seasoned, cut, split fatwood sticks on every camping trip. I've never had trouble starting a fire in the wilderness, or in my fireplace during the winter. White Birch bark works really well for an emergency, but never take it from a live tree. I'm going to go out and forage for it to build up my stash. We are surrounded by wilderness. This video was inspiring.
Always amazing to watch vids like this. Recently, stopping at school, a house accross the street was being renovated. There was pine tree, not sure which species, being cut back to be out of the way. I found a beautiful piece which I want to dry a bit as the tree is still alive.
YES! This video will help many people. We need more videos like this on youtube straight to the point.
Simple, short, concise - well done and thank you for sharing that insight!!
Great video. This goes into what I learned growing up in the mountains.
I found fatwood on Amazon. It was a ton of work.
Seriously though, this was very helpful. Definite thumbs up.
Didn't know what fat wood even was. I learned something.
Your audio is really good.
I would have thought you used a lav. Mic. But didn't see you wearing one.
You use a boom Mic for this?
Reguardless, thank you for the video.
Geeb yeah, really consistent volume
I live in Maine so there are plenty of evergreen trees around. I never knew about fatwood though. Thanks for the info.
First love your channel your information is always spot on, second I grew up in a house that was surrounded by state forest land so I was “bush crafting “ before there was a word for it however I have learned a lot from your channel and thank you for sharing
I'm in the southeast Pa. I look for fat wood often and never find it. I'll take another try at it and see if I can find it using your method.
You're right about one thing. The south has much more fat wood than anything we have up here.
I like how fluid you are with that axe. Hate how people swing em around like they have never used them before
NICE!! I had never even heard of fat wood until this video. That's a great tip!
Glad I subscribed to this channel. I'd not known where to find fatwood, but there are pine trees everywhere around here, so I just might go collect some this weekend.
Much love from Central PA. Love the content, absolutely love that your in the same area! Keep it up!
Excellent Video. Simple, educational, thorough. Good job!
Thank you. Really gives me motivation. I'll be looking for fat wood tomorrow.
I've got a stash of very thinly split kindling made from this stuff. I found mine in trunk wood from a mature Scots Pine, where squirrels had chewed the bark off some years prior. One match stick sized piece with a bit of dry kindling is enough to get my wood stove going. Fantastic stuff!
I had absolutely no idea what fatwood is. Thank you!
Thanks brother, I was trying to buy some at Home Depot today. they didnt know what I was talking about.. I will go find some tomorrow. Cheers
My local Lowes always has commercial fatwood in the grill and charcoal section. Buy the commercial stuff to get familiar with it, then hit the forest to find your own. Each region's fatwood looks a bit different but the smell is the same.
Tractor supply has it also in the wood stove isle.
We cal it lighter knot here in NC and a little tip is look for dead pines, the longer it has been dead the richer it will be and the better it will burn. Try to get it with a dark reddish orange color, it really burns well at that point.
Wow. This was really cool. To extract resin, I always thought you had to make a cut/wound in a tree, then wait a while for the resin to drip out. This is good stuff to know. Thank you for posting.
I haven't done much bush crafting but my girlfriend loves cooking over a fire pit and is always on the lookout for good firestarters. Will need to keep an eye out for fatwood.
great video - my area is so full of paper birch, I've allowed myself to become dependent on it. I'll try fatwood soon and be prepared for a different environment.
This video actually made it simple and easy, thanks for the video.
Stuff that can really save your life ! And in these times! You never know . A reminder to get a little kit together ASAP! Thanks bud good video
I am 42 and this is the best thing that I ever learned...
I had never heard of fatwood. Interesting.
John Smith
We always refer to it as Fat Lighter- but I would probably understand what someone was referring to if I heard Fat Wood.
0:43 "there is resin in any type of evergreen tree" slaps the deadest and sadest looking tree in the entire forest behind him
While you're obviously memeing,
In case you're actually wondering: Evergreen refers to trees (and other plants) which have foliage that remains green (and thus functional) throughout more than one growing season. So it's just a term for a type of tree and has nothing at all to do with how lively said tree is.
@@SeraphReficul a joke: what OP said.
Definition of meme
1 : an idea, behavior, style, or usage that spreads from person to person within a culture
@@cheesecake4648 oh that was supposed to be a joke?
@@cheesecake4648 bro shut up. Your the one that needs to learn if you don't know what memeing means
@@SeraphReficul Very helpful. Thanks for elaborating :)
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Great video Homefry!! To the point. I’m sharing it right away. 🤘
Great video. I finally understand fatwood and how to. Lots of confusing info out there. This was easy. Thank you.