FATWOOD STORAGE
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- FATWOOD is a great resource for fire building. When we harvest it in the wild it is best to keep it in large blocks for storage until use. The process of the fatwood drying out over time and decrease its ability to catch fire quickly
Blackie, I ordered 2 cases of fatwood from Home Depot. I store the sticks in a plastic airtight container. I took 4 freezer bags and I put 5 sticks each in each baq. One bag for my EDC carry, one in my BOB, one in my cooking bag and one bag in my alternate pack. EASY FIRE EVERYWHERE RAIN OR SHINE. The rest is storage . Thanks for the Vid. Fire is life.
sounds like you have got it covered..safe journeys to you
As always Blackie...you provide sage advice...God Bless.
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Wow, thank you
I always learn something new here! Thanks for mentioning the sawdust method for flint and steel use. I'm tucking that right in under my trail hat for future use, sir! Stay safe out there and God Bless
Glad to help
You will never ignite fatwood dust with flint and steel.
Fat wood posts were used for property section corners in Alabama these were usually 4x4 as a surveyor I have found many of these
Hi Blackie, I'm leaving you a message from France to tell you that even here there are people to appreciate your content ! Black powder guns have fascinated me for some time.
Excellent explanation Blackie. ATB
Thanks 👍
That is why we seal it. Great vid.
That fat wood looks cool! I’ve found it a few times. I have great success teaching a char cloth method works well.
That is a Beautiful piece of Fat Wood. If I could find a piece like that ........ Lol. Fat wood is my favorite fire starter. Natural fire starter I should say. Keep the videos coming. Really enjoy your channel!
One of my favorite fire starters.
Best description of fatwood I've seen on the internet. Thanks Blackie. Found my first piece today and wow... does that stuff ignite!! Much appreciated. Cheers 🍻
fantastic
Thanks for some great tips!
Good video. Fat-wood, fat-lighter has a long shelf life. This video sparked a memory of a hunk of fat-wood a friend gave me in the early 1980’s, I checked it and it still has that rich color and strong smell. I did a quick test and it lit like a champ.
Thanks again.
We call in Pine Lighter, here in Georgia.
Awesome video Mr. Thomas, I've known it to be called lighter knot.
Great video Mr. Blackie.
Thank you kindly
this is a great video about fatwood my man. I've learned about it about a year ago and have been crazy for it every since. Even sand it down to 2500 grit and make pieces to leave around the house. But I love it, and great advice to tell beginners to leave it mostly whole. It can dry out. Great vid. Love your life, and buy ammo and arrows!
Good ol Lighter Knot. Laying all over the ground in the Pine forests of SC.
I'm out in the high desert of the southwest and it does seem that even the best pine fatwood loses a lot of "woosh" after a year if it's been processed down.
Good Job Blackie! Love the smell of that lighter pine! New trick for me on the dust. Great for demo! Have a good Thanksgiving and ATB!
MAde great fence posts also.
Yes they are!
We always called it pine knots.
In SC I've heard it called lighter knot
Im up above Blackie in Muscle Shoals, Alabama.
yep its got lots of names just depend on where your at
Tuscaloosa we always called it pine kindlin, chopped some today
You were the first and the longest I've watched any other survival prepper Bushcraft UA-cam channel. I've seen you come from below 10,000 to where you are now you really are good keep them coming partner what happened to your girl that you were teaching bootstrap to?
Very informative. Thanks.
I remember going to set limb lines for fishing with grandpa and him making those torches for light at night... the family farm they used Lighter post for the fence
You can also make bits from it by using a wood rasp. That's my method.
Five gallon bucket of Fat Lighter keeps a good aroma in the shed out there, other buckets full of it for startin' a good fire.
By the way ...im glad you use the termasuk "woods craft"
I keep a store bought stick of fatwood in the pouch with my Gerber multi tool
Just worked up a 5 gallon bukét full.....but its rich pine in the foot hills of n.c. I had no idea what fat wood was ..by that name...must be a yankee name
good starting a fire may not be hard on good normal day but everyday won't be normal good day some days you may not have a fire other days you may not have fire unless you have good fire making understanding ( stubborn days ) so have good understanding on fire making and techniques that allow you to have chance to start a fire in rainy weather just small fine details will help and give you a fire when a novice wont be able to get one going that is the real reason you need abc's of fire making
Great info thanks blackie!
Quick tip.. buy some wax or chapstick( rubb it all over then place it in your tin(helps the fire and keeps the gas in it)..keeps it from evap).. couse fat wood does dry out.( ohh and don’t ferget charcloth...??( good vid
good tip
I collect every piece i can on my hunting lease and now have years worth and show everyone i can the benefits of it
What if the fatwood split-slivers were soaked in hot wax?
Do you think that would work to preserve the turpins in it and keep it flammable as tinder?
Awsome vid as usual. I can't wait to go fat wood hunting this spring/summer. Blackie, what if you stored slivers of fat wood in water? Just a thought.
i have not tried it in small slivers just know about that big stump
Thank you sir enjoyed this video
My pleasure
Its super great and super hard. Ive broken two knives trying to chop a chunk of fat wood off a log....they were cheap O budget blades. Use an axe
it can be a challenge for a saw as well
Wish we had pines in my area. Only place you find them is in our forestry properties and my some yards.
Thanks Blackie! ATB Sam Adler
You bet
Fat lightered down in south ga too. .. and oh man if you find a cat face .. the area that was chopped to gather turpentine ,, you have just scored some really premium fat wood then .. you’re gonna be in deep private owned land if you find those anymore though
I wonder if you could dip them in wax to preserve them 🤔
Lighter knot does seem to me to lose its potency (if you save a while) to me
So I just get it when I might use it
Good video
Hi Blackie. I have found some red pine trees in my apartment complex that the lower branch's have died The branch's are pointing upward and when I cut the branch's away from the tree trunk I found a red sticky core. It does not have quite the glaze your fatwood had in this video but when I got back to my apartment I found little droplets of sap coming out of the red core. MY QUESTION IS: SHOULD I SEAL THE ENDS OF THE BRANCHS I HARVEST AND IF SO WHAT SHOULD I SEAL THEM WITH? Thanks and bless.
Good tips as always!
Hey there. How is it possible that I can’t get the fatwood scrapings to catch a spark? I’m throwing good sparks and fine scrapings from the back of my knife… any help?
Air humidity is too much sounds like
process fatwood down and then wrap it in cling wrap and then a zip-loc bag and it will stay fresh for a good while. I even store my fatwood logs in cling wrap just in case.
good idea
How many inches is that kukri blade
i think the blade is 11 or 12 inch
What is that galvanized metal you are standing in front of? Is it a shed or a fence or what? Thanks.
In the hills, it's called lighter knot.
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Blackie thanks for the fatwood video. but is there some kind of website that brings these up cuz this is the third one I've seen in a week from different people.
Not that I know of i was pressed for time before work and chose it
Blackie how do I get on the waiting list for a Blackbird Haversack?
go to downndirtywoodscraft @gmail.com i will email you when i add you to a list
@@BLACKIETHOMAS Thanks
Can you send me a chunk of that..?
Id pay the shipping...
i need to get better at finding this.
Where would you look in burned timber?
stumps..hit the stump with back of hatchet or axe a thud is not good a THUMP that feels solit should ge a good guess chop a bit on side and see
First
Always amazed at your knowledge of the woods.
thank you very much...safe journeys
Great info
Glad you think so!