Striker and Fatwood

Well today i went to Canadian Tire and they had some new products! First I noticed they had fatwood, I picked it up and was going to buy it just because I wnated to try it. Then something else caught my eye. They have a fire steel that comes with a piece of fatwood, so I bought that. THe firesteel is bigger than the light my fire one and it costs the same.

I also bought a hydration pack Cool

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Last edited by TrooperMax on Fri Apr 11, 2008 12:53 pm; edited 1 time in total

Lol, ya, i was going to post that and let ya know. I like the stricker, it looks beefer than the firesteel.
And the Fat wood, well, for $ 6.00 you dont get very much, but it does go along way if you file it into dust.
Like i was sayong awhile back i bought 5lbs of Fatwood from RONA for $ 14.00 i got 2 boxes, lol, im good for awhile Smile

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To be honest I never knew what fatwood was until I just looked it up. Embarassed

How well does the stuff work?

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You could have it submerged in water pull it out, light a match and set it alight Shocked

It burns like gas, well, just about. Its best to get a file and make dust, great tinder.
If you can locate some get it !. Cool

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	Drummer Dave wrote:
	You could have it submerged in water pull it out, light a match and set it alight It burns like gas, well, just about. Its best to get a file and make dust, great tinder. If you can locate some get it !.

Yeah I saw a bunch of it online. Sounds pretty amazing. Cool

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The fire steel came with a file attatched on a string, I cutt it off, going to put some 550 paracord on it once I get it in the mail and dril a hole in the fatwood. Then i'm going to attach the fatwood to the string. Instant tinder.

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	Mystik Spiral wrote:
	How well does the stuff work?

Like magic. Wink

	TrooperMax wrote:
	going to put some 550 paracord on it once I get it in the mail and dril a hole in the fatwood. Then i'm going to attach the fatwood to the string. Instant tinder.

That's what I did with my firesteel as you saw in my recent photos. Very Happy

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As if that stuff works when wet, thats awesome

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	TrooperMax wrote:
	As if that stuff works when wet, thats awesome

> well, it has so much resin that it really doesn't get wet, it doesn't soak up water. So if you dropped it in a river, no biggie, it would light no prob.

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The resin is like oil. Oil and water don't mix. Wink

I love my fatwood. Cool

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Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. - Prov. 27:17

Fatwood=Gas Stick Very Happy

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-Till shade is gone, till water is gone, into the Shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath, to spit in Sightblinder's eye on the Last Day.

Got that right, SK. Cool

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i got some fatwood from crappy tire a while back and it works pretty well. im going to try what you said Dave and file it and see how it works thanks for the tip

It works good Bill. Nice powder lites easy. Just like that Maya Dust they sell, but better.

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I've never heard of it.

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	Dutchman wrote:
	I've never heard of it.

Really? Its pine wood with resin stuck inside, burns really well.

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-Thou may'st break, but shalt not bend me.

-Idleness brings want
To work today is to eat tomorrow
It is best to prepare for the days of necessity

-Till shade is gone, till water is gone, into the Shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath, to spit in Sightblinder's eye on the Last Day.

Survivor Kid 909 wrote:

	Dutchman wrote:
	I've never heard of it.

Really? Its pine wood with resin stuck inside, burns really well.

Do you mean like a dead pine branch?

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No man (or woman) will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself/herself, or to get all the credit for doing it. -Andrew Carnegie

Well, all of the resin collects together after it dies. I think its pine, pretty sure.

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-Thou may'st break, but shalt not bend me.

-Idleness brings want
To work today is to eat tomorrow
It is best to prepare for the days of necessity

-Till shade is gone, till water is gone, into the Shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath, to spit in Sightblinder's eye on the Last Day.

Dutchman wrote:

Survivor Kid 909 wrote:

	Dutchman wrote:
	I've never heard of it.

Really? Its pine wood with resin stuck inside, burns really well.

Do you mean like a dead pine branch?

> the best Fatwood to harvest is the stump of a Pine tree after 10 years. You will get top quality fatwood Cool

Its all the pine reson that slowly drains back down the tree or stump. Its just like Gas !. Great way to tell is small it, if it smells like turpentine. I have 15lbs of it Smile

sweet

lol. You can buy it as well from the BBQ section of alot of Home Depot type stores. I got mine from Rona. I take a stick and shred it up with an old metal file, making a dust type.
It needs only a spark with some Jute & your good to go. But keep in mind, its all about preperation in fire making. Cool

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Drummer Dave wrote:

Dutchman wrote:

Survivor Kid 909 wrote:

	Dutchman wrote:
	I've never heard of it.

Really? Its pine wood with resin stuck inside, burns really well.

Do you mean like a dead pine branch?

> the best Fatwood to harvest is the stump of a Pine tree after 10 years. You will get top quality fatwood Cool

Its all the pine reson that slowly drains back down the tree or stump. Its just like Gas !. Great way to tell is small it, if it smells like turpentine. I have 15lbs of it Smile

sweet

lol. You can buy it as well from the BBQ section of alot of Home Depot type stores. I got mine from Rona. I take a stick and shred it up with an old metal file, making a dust type.
It needs only a spark with some Jute & your good to go. But keep in mind, its all about preperation in fire making. Cool

Aren't most pine trees rotted away within 10 years?
When you find the material is it usually moist and needs to be dried out?
I have a dead white pine in my yard but it is only a few years dead. Where would be the best area to find the fatwood?

Has anyone ever tried to spark the dust from cedar after it has sat for a few years?

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