Fatwood: How to find and use it!

[@thealonepodcast5848]

This is going to sound like hyperbole…but this might be the single best survival skill type video on YT. No frills. Concise. Instant applicability. And we watched you take a found piece of wood into a great fire with a few cuts and a few sparks.

[@hobojordo]

Ha thanks... High praise! I agree though lots of those survival videos really, really drag on haha.. I think that's for monetization purposes they are supposed to be long

[@b6595]

I’m making a comment because this video needs to be seen by a lot of people. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[@hobojordo]

I appreciate that 🤝

[@lobopropredatorcontrol]

Great information 👊

[@username1235400]

Still blows my mind you're Assyrian dude! So cazy awesome man : )

[@hobojordo]

Haha thanks brother 🤝

[@dariusus9870]

I didn't expect it to burn that fast. You're awesome Jordan! Thanks

[@thomasspeer1388]

Your an inspiration to me to learn the old ways. Your channel is one of my favorites

[@hobojordo]

Well thank you! 🤝

[@CChissel]

I don’t know if this is an old video or what, but I just came across it. Thanks for the information, much appreciated. Hope all is well with you and your family.

[@Nini51963]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge ,

[@solsouthgate5079]

Great work Jordo!

[@MrFuzzleupagus]

My number one item to take with me in the wilderness? Jordan Jonas.

[@NorthernWoodsmanElite]

Nicely done

[@fareselias6187]

Every time I watch you I learn something new , thank you Jordan for your survival tips and tricks. I will need Everything for my 5 weeks trip to Alberta this spring

[@anti-derek8151]

Super useful knowledge, thanks for sharing.

[@gregorychaney7604]

Some good tips. I would like to see a tutorial about starting a ferro rod fire in the rain in a situation where it's been raining for a week. That makes finding tinder that will flame up from a spark, pretty hard to find. I understand that wasn't the intent of this video. I thoroughly enjoyed this little reflection on finding good wood for starting a fire. 🔥 Cheers from the Southeast Alaskan rainforest, Greg Chaney

[@hobojordo]

🤝. Good idea

[@Simonh76]

Lovin the Origin tee bro

[@chason935]

Awesome video!

[@barrytravis5955]

Thanks Jordo!

[@weozol4065]

Very nice.

[@BackpackDad]

Jordan! Glad to see ya back man! Great upload as always! Now where that axe we talked about?

[@hobojordo]

I've made 4 iterations of the handle trying to get it just right.. One more thing I want to try then forward! ;) 🪓🪓🪓

[@HeavenAndHope]

I love woodsap. Some good old woodsap makes my day 🤭🤣♥️

[@coondogsoutdooradventures2484]

Thanks. You thought this old dog another new trick! We always have humid or wet conditions in Upstate NY . Using friction fire is bad enough. A regular fire takes skill with a lighter.

[@tonygray3787]

Awesome thank you

[@juliasun29111]

О, давно не виделись, Джордан Йонас. Как начало нового года? С прошедшими вас праздниками. Здоровья, счастья, любви и успехов вам и вашей семье.

[@hobojordo]

Тебе тоже!!

[@shereen-survival]

Interesting thanks

[@gbltheolechurch5acrehomestead]

Hey Jordon! Garry here from Gander Newfoundland and Labrador Canada! Fatwood is the KING isn’t it?…NEW SUB here…hope to see you soon!

[@hobojordo]

Hey man, thanks!! Yeah it really is great stuff! Cheers man

[@TheDavewatts]

Could you possibly do a video on how you sharpen your axe. I was interested on how you profiled the Russian axe in the style of the Evenki, I have one of those Russian axe's would like to try that method, The Evenki people fascinate me such knowledgeable people.

[@FinehomesofNewHampshire]

Thanks bub!

[@yungskullivan]

Cool intro 🙂

[@mikesimon4311]

Jordan, I love these vids. Reminds me in a homesick way of your awesome survivor school. Looking to get in shape to try it again this year. Your the best!!!! Keep them coming.

[@hobojordo]

Hey man, that would be awesome! I have these llamas now too which can open up some new areas I want to explore!

[@mikesimon4311]

@@hobojordo Keep me informed. Have a few people who want to join me after hearing of the awesome experience I had. You are such a sweet, awesome person and it was such a great privilege to spend time with you. Love the extra vids from Alone. What a sense of humor.

[@hobojordo]

@@mikesimon4311 haha thanks man! Are you on the ol Instagram, or on my email list?

[@RiverbendlongbowsOutdoors]

👍

[@piotrsobota6402]

i was watching your final episode on "alone" cuz i already missed this show :D damn! i forget how you was ready for a next month or two... good other folks said i am out!

[@hobojordo]

Haha they even went into overdrive to not show the extra food I had lying around 😆

[@carloloru]

Hey Jordan, is that the leatherman watch? Do you recommend using it?

[@hobojordo]

@@carloloru haha yeah it’s a good watch! Nothing fancy like heart rate monitoring but if you like an analog watch it’s a good one

[@ProfessorLX]

Great video thanks Jordan. Does the specific type of wood matter? Like are we more likely to find this in a certain type of tree forest?

[@coopere]

Pine - usually longleaf pine is used as it produces more pitch. I think technically all coniferous trees will make fatwood, but pine is the most flammable (terpentine is derived from pines)

[@ProfessorLX]

@@coopere Thanks for the info, where I usually spend most of my time outdoors there is a lot of Ponderosa, although for tinder even when its wet out usually Ponderosa Needles make awesome fire starter. That being said I would like to try this anyways!

[@coopere]

@@ProfessorLX Ponderosa works well too, usually longleaf is just used because it naturally creates way more pitch. If you find old stumps on the woods you can kick them over for thick fatwood veins - you want the really rotten ones. Like he says, the wood rots away over time and the resin and fatwood at the taproot of the stump will still be super hard so it's easy to pull out

[@matthewhollingshead470]

Would it make a good harth board for bow-drill fire

[@hobojordo]

to oily to have good friction, but I need a very good hand board (whatever that's called)

[@matthewhollingshead470]

@@hobojordo yeah I suppose thats true i didn’t think of that. I agree that it would be good for the top of the spindle. Thanks for the reply

[@Lgj24]

You’ll probably never see this but I’d do anything to go camping with you man lol I’d learn more in 2 days than I did my whole 4 years of college 😂

[@hobojordo]

Haha come out on a course sometime ;)

[@cafeqc3793]

Привет из Канады, Джордан.

[@hobojordo]

Привет!! Где там в Канаде? ))

[@cafeqc3793]

@@hobojordo в Монреале, Квебек. Снега по колено и мороз минус 30

[@hobojordo]

@@cafeqc3793 ого.... отлично

[@cafeqc3793]

@@hobojordo какие планы? Вы не ездили с женой в Россию? Я слышал, вы собирались съездить.

[@hobojordo]

@@cafeqc3793 но она со мной ездила пока детей не были.. сейчас сложно стало из-за ковида но всё равно хотим скоро вернуться

[@HeavenAndHope]

JJ😍

[@DSMattitude]

My grandpa used to call it pitch. i keep a few bundles around. Ive got some so fat it looks like hard smoked salmon haha.

[@MArcinPaszek94]

I don't remember fatwood from European Pine being so effective. Maybe the trick is slicing it with the knife like you did on the video