Exposing The Fatwood In a Rotted Pine Branch Crotch *** Makeup Mirror Solar Ignites In A Thick Haze

I picked up a few ignitabes along the trail today some newspaper, punk wood, and some fatwood. When I got home I let them dry for a couple of hours before trying them out.
The punk wood needed more drying, but I was still able to ignite it with a 7 power makeup mirror which collected up and concentrated enough photons for ignition through a very hazy sky. Lol!!! I was surprised that enough photons was actually getting through to that concave mirror to make an ignition. I used the still dampish newspaper for the tinder bundle.
The typical shark fin shaped rotted Pine branch crotches showed what appeared to be a solid core of fatwood. I took one of them and chopped and cut away everything that was not fatwood... I was right, a near solid core of fatwood!
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[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

I picked up a few ignitabes along the trail today some newspaper, punk wood, and some fatwood. When I got home I let them dry for a couple of hours before trying them out. The punk wood needed more drying, but I was still able to ignite it with a 7 power makeup mirror which collected up and concentrated enough photons for ignition through a very hazy sky. Lol!!! I was surprised that enough photons was actually getting through to that concave mirror to make an ignition. I used the still dampish newspaper for the tinder bundle. The typical shark fin shaped rotted Pine branch crotches showed what appeared to be a solid core of fatwood. I took one of them and chopped and cut away everything that was not fatwood... I was right, a near solid core of fatwood! Please follow the LINKS below and SUBSCRIBE (Hit the notification bell and select All). Thank You! Fatwood Playlist kzbin.info/aero/PLkoXX8XsMW3lghTKxMIbnExUCxIA9uz33 Ferro Rod Playlist kzbin.info/aero/PLkoXX8XsMW3lI6k8TH1Bljf57Yvp9K1WD

[@howler6490]

The fact that the "shark fin" sections came from logs which were,60-80% disintegrated and useless,was very,very interesting. No hesitation from now on,if seen,these are definitely worth salvaging and processing. Well done sir...thank you.

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

TY! Please see my fatwood playlist.

[@JEFLeb35712]

Learned something new on the fat wood shark fin. Thanks.

[@planecrazyish]

Amazing, that you knew there was that beautiful chunk of fatwood in that rotten piece! You seriously know your stuff. I'm learning a lot from you, Many thanks for the great videos.

[@livetosurvive4558]

For us old timers, they are called pine knots (rotted pine branch crotch) & maya (fatwood).

[@peterdavis8585]

Learning what to look for, thanks.

[@garlandthomson7501]

There is something powerful in how you end your videos. I love it

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

I always try to have flames in all my outros and my signature saying. I guess it'll be on my merchandise some day.

[@ohboy7790]

Wow nice. I'm going to go look for some fallen trees, I had no idea!

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Have fun!

[@michaelbrunner6654]

Wish we had more pine in my area. We're mostly hardwoods here. I did get to sneak out yesterday for a overnight solo camp in the hammock at our farm. Been in the 50's here ,loving it.

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

30s at night here and 60s during the day.

[@wesg3084]

I'll be keeping my eyes peeled for "shark fins" from now on.

[@matthewg9205]

Yes, that's a good way of describing what to look for! I also appreciated this bit of info

[@jbpipes9551]

My momma called those limb knots rooster heads or lighter knots. Thank you, David.

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Rooster heads make sense. Lighter knot is a common name for fatwood.

[@skeeterchiggins]

Another great video showing you can make a fire in many different ways. I really like how you used the mirror to show yet another way to ignite the punk wood. Finding that fatwood was a clear example too of keeping your eyes open for possibilities and understanding what you are looking for. Practice makes perfect.

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

After a while, these different fire resources kind of holler out to you... seems like they find me, now. LOL!

[@truthpreppin7630]

A man of wisdom, a man of time. Ty!

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Tiiiime is on my side. Yes it is!

[@chadorico2480]

@ 3:26 sure does look like a road runner head to me. Maybe I'm just creative or crazy, but that's just what I thought. I love your channel and can't wait for the next video. Cheers!

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

It does. LOL!

[@WhstlblwrBlastingEpsteinsILK]

Thank you for sharing your expertise with us. Absolutely amazing. I'm not seeing anyone else do fire rolls w/ cotton & ash or starting fires with a mirror & punky pine.

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Thank you. It's a lotta fun!

[@jazmarz]

Can't wait to get to the woods and find some fatwood. Great video.

[@edgoad7129]

Very cool.

[@OsborneExploration]

That's a beautiful piece of fat wood.. It'd make a beautiful handle or two for large ferro rods. Thanks for taking us along with you on your walk. 👍

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Thanks Chris!

[@newtboys]

Love it! "Always wear shades when doing solar experiments".

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

LOL! When I was a child in Florida, a Solar Eclipse came through the area. Afterwards they had an optometrist on TV that pretty coldly stated, "If you watched that ring around the moon?... You know those dark spots that you now have in your vision? Get used to them! They're never going away."

[@oldbones9162]

Always learnin’ new stuff. Thought at over seventy I’d derned near learned enough. Really enjoy the videos!

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

62 next week, here.

[@lowrangeoverland9013]

outstanding❗ thanks 💯👍🏆

[@tombeckett4340]

Thanks 🇨🇦👍

[@redbeard6606]

Another great video David.Love all the different ways you come up with making fire, That's a nice piece of fatwood.

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Thanks Redbeard!

[@bobbiechavez2990]

Again, you've added to my knowledge base, Thank you, sir.

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Thanks Bobbie!

[@cfuzzkennedy]

Man, I always just threw them pieces on the burn pile. Now I have to rethink things. We have so much of fat wood on our property it’s crazy. Believe it or not, but it’s one of the good things from Hurricane Katrina. It blew down a bunch of pines and when they cleaned it up, they pushed a bunch of fallen pine trees to a place in the back of the property. Never really realizing this had even happened, a few years back my sons said, “ Dad, come see this neat place back in the woods”. It’s a pine tree graveyard with loads and loads of fat wood. You have some awesome videos.

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

I've got more than I'll ever use laying all over the woods in my back yard too. Thanks!

[@forestgnome55]

Cool! Thanks!

[@bhamptonkc7]

good one

[@jasonbabila6006]

I’ll have to start looking at the rotted spruce, firs, and cedar on the ground for some fat wood.

[@rockroll9761]

Thanks

[@csh6220]

I saw a 6X convex makeup mirror at the store yesterday and wondered how many people would wonder how fast it would start a fire. LOL Probably not many. How many women have burned their face using one of these mirrors outdoors? LOL You are the go-to fire expert. Great video. Thanks.

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Their bouffants block out the Sun. LOL! Thanks!

[@ellasilva4576]

Oooo! I bet that piece smelt so good! My grandsons and I picked up a whole bunch of pieces like that but ours looked more like pistols and rifles. We had a lot of fun playing with those! Haven't really processed any of it yet. Still enjoying the holidays since today is my birthday and falls smack dab in the middle of it! Have fun!

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Happy Birthday!

[@ellasilva4576]

Thank you!

[@generalpattonsbushcraft]

great video thx for sharing!

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Thanks for watching!

[@christopherhall406]

Great video brother nice job

[@nutthrower4415]

Always great info 👍

[@oldkbellguy5156]

Hope you had a good Christmas. That fatwood is actually pretty. Wish there was some here in my neck of the woods.

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

I think it's pretty too. That's why those extended shots of it up close. Thanks!

[@mauriziobarbati9081]

COMPLIMENTI🔥😍😍👍👍👍

[@alancoutts4990]

You have a truly remarkable talent! MerryChristmas from Michigan.

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Hey, thanks Alan Merry Christmas!

[@timduncan9903]

That's how I found my peices of fat wood lol enjoyed the video its everywhere its everywhere!! Lol

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

LOVE! me some fatwood!

[@timvest8141]

Awesome fatwood.

[@reginaestevam5663]

Incrível 🥰 Jamais vi isso.

[@billymelo6424]

👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@sherrymilen1346]

If I survive it will be thanks to you!

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

We'll share Pine Needles tea and smoked fish upon newly crafted earthen ware 'round the fire while we talk about the good old days of microwaves, water heaters, and laptops.

[@bigd15full]

I have a big box of fatwood found the same way.

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

This was pretty dried out with little smell, but was still is highly reactive.

[@nielsenrobert]

I bet if you hit those fat wood logs with a pressure washer or a sand blaster you could expose every ounce of the fat wood in it.

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Yeah... you know there must have been a pretty good vein of it under those crotches. You saw how hard they were to break off.

[@nielsenrobert]

@@DavidWestBgood2ppl Yep and there might even be some great hidden natural artwork buried under the rotten wood.

[@jaycimbak7781]

David, Thank you! I always saw pieces like that and parts of pine trees as just rotted junk wood! Does fatwood ever dry out?

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Yes, but it is still highly flammable.

[@blueridgebushcraft8294]

You just gotta know where and what you’re looking for. It’s like finding a diamond in the rough.

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

I used it to light my Grease Lamp video that I'm uploading right now.

[@BCJerbs]

Hey David I live on Vancouver Island in Canada...what kind of wood should I try out first when trying to make a bow drill set? You make it look so easy but I would like your opinion on what woods to go to first? Cheers, look forward to hearing back from you. Jerbs .

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Don't know.

[@bluehawk777]

Thank You Brother David for all your informative videos. "But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not vain in the Lord." 1st Corinthians 15:57~58

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Psalm 40:5 Many, O Lord my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.

[@bluehawk777]

@@DavidWestBgood2ppl God Bless You Brother one of my favorite scriptures that you posted.

[@SidJ8300]

At 5:12, did you ignite the paper through reflected sun rays ?!?

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Yes, but it went out.

[@JohnRichardson-my7op]

Is it possible to make Fatwood by soaking wood pieces in oil or wax?

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

I think that's how they do it. I never watched any of those videos on KZbin.

[@beebob1279]

Is it any pine will produce fat wood? Or only certain species? Are there species of tree that produce better fat wood than others?

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

I think so. The 2 sources of my fatwood have been the Shortleaf Pine and Loblolly Pine.

[@beebob1279]

@@DavidWestBgood2ppl thanks, I'm in Pennsylvania and have some pine around me. Mostly White pine. I'll look around my buddy's farm for it. He allows dumping of trees for mulching.

[@johnrains8409]

There is no such thing as "dry rot". It is a misnomer. ALL rot is the result of bacterial action and all these bacteria MUST have moisture. So, all rot is moisture rot. If you see punky, pithy wood that is dry and dusty, it is either abandoned termite damaged wood that has dried or either bacterial rotted wood that was moist but has lost its source of moisture. When that happens, the bacteria leave and leave behind a dry dusty wood.

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Everybody's an expert. Dry rot is wood decay caused by certain species of fungi that digest parts of the wood which give the wood strength and stiffness. It was previously used to describe any decay of cured wood in ships and buildings by a fungus which resulted in a darkly colored deteriorated and cracked condition. The life-cycle of dry rot can be broken down into four main stages. Dry rot begins as a microscopic spore which, in high enough concentrations, can resemble a fine orange dust. If the spores are subjected to sufficient moisture they will begin to grow fine white strands known as hyphae. As the hyphae germinate they will eventually form a large mass known as mycelium. The final stage is a fruiting body which pumps new spores out into the surrounding air.

[@johnrains8409]

@@DavidWestBgood2ppl Actually, as you can tell, not an expert. I stated bacteria and forgot they were actually fungi spores as you pointed out. However, the point of the statement was concerning the word "dry". I think even you will admit it is a a misnomer, bordering on an oxymoron, to suggest it happens in the absence of water. Thank you for your well stated rebuttal.

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Organisms need water for sure. Thanks John!