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Fatwood Fire Starter
« on: March 02, 2020, 04:02:29 PM »
Who carries Fat wood as a Fire starter and where do you find it? Knife you use ? Is it in your kit ? Was looking at some bush craft vid's and It looks good.

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Re: Fatwood Fire Starter
« Reply #1 on: March 02, 2020, 04:04:53 PM »
Are you talking about the natural pitch wood, or commercially made stuff?🤔
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Re: Fatwood Fire Starter
« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2020, 04:09:28 PM »
Natural Stuff. I always have something but had never heard of using Fatwood. Had to look it up. Was curious who used it.

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Re: Fatwood Fire Starter
« Reply #3 on: March 02, 2020, 05:23:47 PM »
Swains in Port Angeles is where I bought a big bag about two years ago.
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Re: Fatwood Fire Starter
« Reply #4 on: March 02, 2020, 05:26:05 PM »
I use it at my cabin. Mcclendon’s carries it.
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Re: Fatwood Fire Starter
« Reply #5 on: March 02, 2020, 05:34:55 PM »
I just luck upon it from time to time, I used some last deer season which is rare. Do you use a lot of it?
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Re: Fatwood Fire Starter
« Reply #6 on: March 02, 2020, 05:51:45 PM »
If you know a roofer you might be able to snag a bundle of cedar roof shingles.  If you look at it wrong it catches on fire.  That's all we use.

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Re: Fatwood Fire Starter
« Reply #7 on: March 02, 2020, 07:01:33 PM »
Pretty sure you can get fat wood at Lowe’s or homedepot as well. No experience with it though.

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Re: Fatwood Fire Starter
« Reply #8 on: March 03, 2020, 07:47:03 AM »
We use fatwood all the time, it's great stuff! Get it through Plow & Hearth.
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Re: Fatwood Fire Starter
« Reply #9 on: March 03, 2020, 07:56:18 AM »
Base of limbs of fallen pine trees can be pretty pitchy, which is what i call fat wood.

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Re: Fatwood Fire Starter
« Reply #10 on: March 03, 2020, 08:00:07 AM »
I keep 2-3 small sticks of it in my kit.  Great Firestarter, burns damp and slow
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Re: Fatwood Fire Starter
« Reply #11 on: March 03, 2020, 08:05:09 AM »
The base limbs and the root system is what I found when I looked it up. Rob, I was thinking of adding it to mine as well.

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Re: Fatwood Fire Starter
« Reply #12 on: March 03, 2020, 08:53:29 AM »
We use fat wood for lighting our wood stove. When I'm doing a later season hunt with tipi + stove I always have fat wood in my pack. We use enough of it for starting our wood stove that my wife buys it in larger packages off Amazon. So I always have a stash of it.

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Re: Fatwood Fire Starter
« Reply #13 on: March 03, 2020, 09:01:36 AM »
I just use a cotton ball with some Vaseline on it.  Works perfect.
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Re: Fatwood Fire Starter
« Reply #14 on: March 03, 2020, 09:07:43 AM »
Here is a good way to get your own fatwood. https://seekoutside.com/blog/fire-starting-wood-prep/ after i read this I actively searched for fatwood and found it was easy to find and procure. It works wonders in titanium stoves. 
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