In theory it should work fine but it might work to good and catch yourself on fire
My experience with fatwood is that it tends to dry out if you cut it up into useable sizes then store it away for a while, like a year or less. There's nothing wrong with pine slivers, they're still very flammable, work great for kindling and tinder, but the resin would evaporate away. It worked much better to build the kindling pile with fatwood slivers wedged thru it, then light a match and ignite a long sliver of fatwood and use that to ignite the pile at various points.I'm probably a little spoiled, in that i live in an area where old pine stumps are plentiful in the woods, so I can collect "fresh" fatwood any time I'm out.Sent from my SM-J727T using Tapatalk
so in theory you could take small sticks (no larger than pencil sized) of some softer wood, put them in melted lard or any other sort of fat and then dip them in melted wax which would seal them. this sounds a bit too simple but might be worth a shot for those who like to experiment
I'm just curious why I've never seen this. I've seen people scrape the heads of matches off to make their own of various materials. It seems like this would work. I just don't have the materials to make them. If someone runs with this idea, please post back on results.
I do that same thing with jute.
This is what I call a fatwood or firesteel match...a little tinder and the match is held with the striker when scraping. Twigs, spent matchsticks, birthday candles etc. can be used. It works well with small firesteels (like the tiny one glued to the bottom of a plastic match safe) because the tinder travels with the sparks..keeping them concentrated.
Quote from: Spork, Lord of Lime Jello! on December 06, 2017, 01:10:32 AMThis is what I call a fatwood or firesteel match...a little tinder and the match is held with the striker when scraping. Twigs, spent matchsticks, birthday candles etc. can be used. It works well with small firesteels (like the tiny one glued to the bottom of a plastic match safe) because the tinder travels with the sparks..keeping them concentrated.Nice to see you Spork!