Do this to Your Fatwood at Camp: 2 Step Process for Success

[@pahillclimbs]

Its crazy like 6 years ago he was teaching me and other people at my hunting safety course and now he has almost 500k subs.

[@margueritemitchell1829]

So he's great. not unusual

[@chertov3819]

And bro deserves every sub. He’s gotta be one of the most reliable givers of survival advice on KZbin.

[@billclancy4913]

Can has a crazy skillset, and a great teaching ability. All stuff, no fluff!

[@maxsparks5183]

Crazy dude…..groovy

[@chertov3819]

Hey Dan, not sure you’ll see this, but one thing that’s underrated about your videos is how well-spoken you are explaining everything. Very knowledgeable, and it’s always explained very well.

[@FireCampSecurity]

Out of the 5 million bushcraft tubers yours are always my favorite. No bs. Straight to the point. I always end up taking the important with me and nothing I don't need.

[@eddienc7380]

Good ole pine knots are great too.

[@lizworkman9967]

Gee whiz, I thought you just threw a piece of fat wood on the wood and tried to light it! No wonder it never worked. I learn so much on this channel.

[@fishheadvideo]

Great advice man! We got 4 buckets of fatwood now. time for some bushcrafting/camping...

[@papaschuette]

@Coalcracker Bushcraft Fatwood is my main go to firestarter. I found a couple nice patches of red pines in the woods across the road from my house. About a 60-40 mix of standing to deadfall. I love it because it's an all natural, renewable resource as well. Always great information in your videos. I definitely appreciate it.

[@TLannie]

Thanks for this demonstration. I have a lot of fat wood, but have been using it wrong. I have been using an entire little stick to start my fire. Now, the fat wood that I have should last a very long time and start fires more efficiently.

[@freezinweasle1]

This is exactly how I light my coal forge every time. Fat wood and kindling then coal. Works great, one match every time.

[@ramblynrocketeer]

This video is PHAT 🔥

[@sasjapruimpje9197]

Dear Dan ,I really think you are the best in this field, why? simple, you explain things very simply, so easily, and what I also love about you is that you speak clearly and do one topic per video. not to mention the humor you incorporate into your videos. I have been following you for a while and if I lived in America, I would sign up for a course... only I don't live around the corner 😁. I just had to say this, and I hope you continue like this for a long time. thank you for your beautiful videos..👍🏻

[@scottiebaldwin]

Dan, we all are in love with these fatwood videos!! Keep ‘em coming!

[@DtWolfwood]

For everyone in an urban setting you can buy this in your supermarket. Duralast fatwood is like $8 a box.

[@cetyl2626]

Lowes sells it too. Although once one knows where to look for it in the woods it's easy too. But i think the stuff they sell at the store is too even to be natural, it must be impregnated. Non the less, good stuff. I've used it. His piece looks suspiciously like a manufactured one. Not doubting his skills, though. For education and teaching, very convenient.

[@jeffleppard2628]

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[@adventureswithpiper1045]

Great Tip! I do the same thing! works great every time! In fact I keep a tin of scrapings and shavings ready to go for when I get to camp!

[@rickdrasch2804]

Just got your book from Amazon. Very excited to read page by page. Looks like tons of valuable bushcraft information and projects. I know I'll love it. Rick from Rochester NY.

[@margueritemitchell1829]

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[@overweighthikerwannabe901]

While I was watching I was reminded of another tip I read that could be adapted to this. If there are high winds the shavings might be in danger of blowing away and if so you could put it on the sticky side of duct/guerilla tape to keep it from being blown away. I got the idea from the way the owner at silverfire stoves recommended putting magnesium shavings on tact cloth for the same purpose. Tact cloth would probably keep fatwood shavings from blowing away as well but I figured the tape was most likely more available. Of course the tape by itself works as a fire starter so it may be redundant.

[@brockmatutat1002]

Or you could feather stick the fat wood an at the end(closest to your hand) make real small feathers/ shavings making sure to keep them attached an then lay your ferro rod down along the feather stick an shoot sparks directly in the shavings

[@scottcarter4388]

Dan thanks I always knew and use scraping fatwood never thought about shavings this is why you always listen to others ideas it can sometimes be better than your idea or your way!

[@YsterbergZA]

Hi Dan. Thanks again. Recently saw another channel having a pencil sharpener in his kit. Lead me to make narrow sticks of fatwood, fatwood pencil if you want. Works brilliantly.

[@richardrudy2834]

Excellent video bud, always appreciate your videos.

[@joycedimaggio3816]

Tool for the toolbox! Thanks!

[@YetAnotherJohnDoe1776]

Outstanding! Hope these techniques reach far and wide. Fire is life 🔥 😊

[@Danbombard1]

Awesome the quilt does fit in the pack! Beats carrying it off to the side rolled up like a have. This method will be used from now on!! Thank you brother! Another awesome video as always brother 👍 💪

[@mikelychock0310]

Great tutorial, Dan! Very informative.

[@rocketman3474]

Whoa Dan! First you make me get a bigger toolbox to hold all the great tools I’ve gotten from you, now I’ve got to get an arsenal for some tricks? BTW I love watching your old videos.

[@stevegermond939]

Love your channel brother. My kids and I always learn something new.

[@daemonharper3928]

I just look for old pine stumps that have been subjected to the elements......if the stump has a gnarly, jagged, crenellated appearance - it's because the normal wood has rotted away, leaving behind just the fatwood. It's not rare and it's an easily findable resource - I don't mess about or use it sparingly, I use plenty and get the fire lit.....lots more out there to harvest in pretty much every Country on Earth. See a likely old stump? Give it a gentle kick, or tap with the back of your axe, if it's solid it's probably fatwood.

[@cetyl2626]

I agree the rotted ones are easy picking. No need to find a standing tree to have to get to the good stuff, nature has done it for us.

[@willdenoble1898]

Agreed. I do this all the time and I wish I was ashamed of the amount of fat wood in my car. 😂😂😂

[@artofairgunning1262]

In East Texas we call them "pine knots". A common saying in the south is: "your head is harder than a pine knot!"

[@brenthamby2155]

Well done, Dan! Always love your stuff!

[@tonyyoung327]

I have a old snuff can full of scrapings, that I keep in my fire pouch with a few bigger pieces of fat wood.

[@wazzeradk9398]

Hey Dan, Blackie Thomas has a short video where he takes a 4 inch long sliver of fatwood, and sticks it vertically into a crack in a piece of wood. Then you put scrapings at the base of this and strike your ferro rod. With the vertical piece burning, you get a bigger flame! Thought you might like this.

[@RedneckHillbilly-ho9md]

Wow it looks like that sap turns it into a hardwood like material.

[@scottroberts7875]

cheers Dan ATVB2U Scott Somerset England UK

[@davidneal6920]

Great video. I am new to this and just got my first stash of Fatwood

[@AdirondackAmerican]

I rarely make scrapings. 9 times outta 10 I just make feathers and some shavings. They light with a couple strikes of a ferrorod fine. I think using scrapings would be handy if you’re really trying to conserve your fire starter. But fwiw I’m not 😂

[@danielmatthews3420]

Great tip! Thanks

[@fletchdad8755]

I always have a piece or two in my fire kit ! I have made fire kits for presents fatwood cat tail fluff cotton with vasoline ferro rods etc.

[@miguelpimentel8539]

Great video I’m sure many viewers will and have learned something

[@cillaloves2fish688]

Stay lit! Thx Dan!!

[@Hemp1972]

Thenx! I'm gonna get some fatwood and turkey tail, but in Holland we only have about three trees. 😪 And find a decent stick to make a wishbone figure four deadfall trap. 🙃

[@MSmith-jf5wo]

Teaching other people Bushcraft Skills, I find that most people have fixed-bladed knives that don't have a good 90 degree back-edge on them (i.e.-"Store-Bought Survival Knives"! Lol... I try to tell them that a Good Basic Carbon-Steel knife is WAY better than those Fancy Stainless Steel "Rambo Knives", any day of the week...!). Lol Love your tips, and tell others to subscribe to your channel.

[@vincentwesley6343]

Great informative video as always....more tools for the toolbox.

[@troybranaman316]

Great informative video ! I love fat wood . I use it all the time to start fires . 🔥 . Take care and stay safe my friend

[@petergreenwald9639]

Great video.

[@DtWolfwood]

Go to setup for my fireplace. Pick up some kindling from the yard, and boom enough to light my logs.

[@brnrecluse2946]

Scraping and shavings...hmm! Thanks Dan.

[@BBQDad463]

Thank you for this video. Excellent instruction!

[@darinmullins4770]

Fat wood matches or candles are awsome . As well as a fat wood handle for your ferro rod .

[@RustyShackleford_]

Perfection.

[@SonnyCrocket-p6h]

if you're going to be out there a while and fatwood is not commonly-found in your area or an injury or snow make travel difficult/impossible, mix in regular dry wood (coniferous is best) with the fatwood. Then you dont need as much fatwood, you see. If it's an emergency, use 1/8" wide strips of duct tape to make a "nest' and use that to ignite "cigar rolls' of duct tape, which will dry out and ignite wet twigs.

[@williammoore4646]

Thanks for sharing, enjoyed the video.

[@nicktman]

awesome video mate....learned 2 things!

[@michealkolnik1331]

Great tutorial as always!!!

[@debluetailfly]

Rich pine where I'm from.

[@WIZ-IN-PA]

Great video Dan!

[@billde12]

Thanks man!

[@UllyrWuldan]

I need this trick, thank you sir

[@freddyoutdoors]

Ace stuff dude

[@quinntheeskimooutdoors6234]

Thanks Dan😊

[@allendobbs8055]

Thanks Dan . Great trick

[@billclancy4913]

I keep a tin with scrapings and shavings all prepped in my fire kit just in case.

[@ryanblystone5153]

Thank you

[@adrockey]

Great video.i have lots of fatwood. I cheat though. I work at a truss plant on the lumber yard side. We typically don't use the southern yellow pine that is fatwood/heart wood. So I go to the chop saw and cut it into pieces that are about the size of a sharpening stone. They are in every single bag that I have. I thought about putting the small fire starter kit and sheets together and selling it. Hey are you going to be at the Iowa deer Classic this year?

[@Garythedog3]

Thank you!

[@wesleymarkmusic403]

That's some beautiful Fatwood. Resin rich I'm sure. Thanks.

[@GordonCodyDixon6591]

Thanks for your videos.

[@gerardmartyn1738]

I love fat wood. Thanks for another great video.

[@DIYDad1]

You guys must have some pretty resin saturated fat wood there, the stuff I get here, while it looks kinda red in color and smells like pine, I have a very hard time getting it to ignite with a fero rod. Only been successful a couple of times, meanwhile birch bark I can get to take a spark from a fero almost instantly like you see here. Not sure if my fat wood is just wet or not enough sap/resin material impregnated in the wood or whatever, wish we had more pine trees around here so I can find a good source. Even with a lighter I have a hard time getting the stuff to ignite and stay lit. Now cotton balls soaked in vaseline those never fail me.

[@larrywilliams153]

Lol I wasn’t even lookin for it but stumbled onto a whole stump of fat wood ,no effort involved just a pick and go ,should be a several year supply , my fire making practice jus got far easier. 👍

[@Idrivthetrain]

Watch out for splinters getting those shavings ! Ask me how I know 😮

[@DriftWander770]

Been collecting fat wood here and there, now I’m sitting on a bunch of scrapings

[@choccolocco]

I always heard it called “kindlin”. Everything else was just “firewood”. Rural Alabama

[@kellywelch3]

Yup!

[@beerdrinker6452]

Nice video.

[@zzre7456]

Arsenal: fatwood, jute twine, and natural char.

[@TorchyBurns1]

I love fatwood...dang!

[@mat-ventures]

Do you have a trick to keep the turpentine from evaporing from the wood? I found fatwood before but when I got to use it, it was dried out to normal wood

[@frikkiesmit327]

I loooove fatwood. Must get some extra from fallen pine tree in street close by

[@Pes._]

For someone who's gonna be living outta of a backpack for more than 10+ years (2 people N a dog average height), mainly dealing with rain and some decent winds what tent would you recommend as a very avid outdoors men. Thanks in advance if you respond.

[@kennethwilson8633]

Just too much could be said about fat wood I quit…Have fun stay safe.

[@richjoebushcraft]

Always handy 👍

[@davidofsa9479]

Instead, I thoroughly work petroleum jelly into cotton balls and keep them in a sandwich bag. They ignite easily and burn a long time so wet twig fuel dries out and then ignites. Fat wood is cooler but not as easy for me.

[@donaldeugenealford4080]

Fat wood a great idea to keep it in your bushcraft carry bag,nature's kerosene.😂☘️👍

[@VBYCHOICE]

Did you peel the bark off that?? Doesn’t look like a pine twig??

[@DKHomestead]

Can you scrape and shave in advance and store it?

[@christurnerct49]

Just found my first piece of fatwood and it's a little goey in some places what do I do ?

[@trollmcclure1884]

and if you dont have a rod? It wont light up from amber right? You need an open flame or hot spark

[@fertugrul]

Dan, buddy you just burnt the bench 😂

[@tomsmith6094]

Sir do fat wood expires ? I have few couple of jars with pieces fat wood with a lid on it . because i seeing other videos saying they do expired

[@jasongarling20]

I agree. Is it weird that I carry fatwood in my pocket everyday as an EDC. And around my neck knife cord too. Am a crazy?

[@davehumpleby3440]

Yes.

[@jasongarling20]

@@davehumpleby3440 thanks!

[@TheBanjo53]

We call it Pine Knot

[@rosemaryblock7751]

Also called "fat-lighter" down South....see Blackie Thomas' videos...

[@matt-bb2kv]

We call that pine knot where I'm from

[@tomsmith6094]

I like to make feathers

[@edwardstagner1021]

Dan you probably don’t know this but you can’t say FAT anymore PC you know !you could call it wood of substance or if it was a person (substantially challenged )ha ha I know you would never do that! Enjoy your channel and humor

[@downeastprimitiveskills7688]

I’m shocked sensor tube didn’t call Dan on this one.

[@davehumpleby3440]

Bariatric wood?

[@whiskeyvictor5703]

Are we now body-shaming trees? 😆

[@Pygar2]

"I don't want her, you can have her, she's too (of substance) for me..."

[@evanf1443]

Any way to collect this stuff from Christmas trees at the end of the season?

[@jackmessick2869]

Depends on the species of your Christmas tree. I don't think the typical fir used for Christmas trees has much resin, but if you get a true pine tree and lay it on its side, it may after a few months migrate the resin to one side of the trunk.

[@richardrudy2834]

Lighter wood 🪵!

[@badtchad4935]

Not too many pine trees here in coastal British Columbia, fat wood is harder to find unfortunately.

[@JO-rk5gu]

If you have Birch, that is just as good

[@badtchad4935]

@@JO-rk5gu sadly not a whole lot of that either, mostly cedars like the majority of the Pacific North West. I know the inner bark of cedars is quite good but not nearly as good as pine fat wood. The search continues.

[@terryqueen3233]

Had that in my fire kit for years actually probably before they called it fatwood

[@TinyTitan50]

I live in the PNW and pine trees are few and far between (in my area) do fir trees produce any kind of fat wood? I’m new to this.

[@margueritemitchell1829]

Yes. When I first heard of it I looked it up and the only pines in BC northeast....but I came across a video where it said other tree woods produce it in the same kind of conditions. So I did feel so left out