How To Use Fatwood To Start A Fire - Fatwood - My Favorite FireStarter

[@seansimpkin2584]

I didn't know Eric Clapton was into survival!

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

;-)

[@reverenddon1]

Dude, that’s not Clapton. That’s Dustin Hoffman.

[@PrimitiveFusion]

At my mother's house years ago, we had a pile about 3 feet high of what we called lightered knot. It was mostly stump fatwood. I still use some now and then to start my forge fires. Love the smell!

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

So do I

[@XaBadMojoX]

Dad called it "lighter pine. My uncle called it "pine knots". I've heard it called " heart pine" Fatwood is new to me. And man, does it burn hot !!! 👍 Good video as always !!! 5:33 👃

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Yes it does.

[@Justintheinsane]

Just bought a 10lb box of fat wood. The videos for it were showing people igniteing entire sticks. The idea of shaveing them down will make this last me a good 20 years. Lol

[@agrey8110]

Learned what fat wood was after watching your vids. Go on my usual hiking trip and what do I find, an 8 foot stump of almost all fat wood. My girlfriend and I spent an hour filling our packs. Now every time we go hiking I hear her yell out "fatwood". Nothin but pure fun. Thanks.

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

You better keep her.

[@agrey8110]

@@SurvivalOnPurpose Lol. At first I thought you meant the fat wood. Yeah, she's a keeper .

[@jeramylawlor3316]

For a long time I had no idea what you were talking about.Now I know ,thank you for the lesson.

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Glad to help.

[@KISH351]

All I use is Fatwood, but I do use other starters if it calls for it. Thanks Brian. I like your videos a lot😉👊👊🤘🤘👌👌🖖🖖

[@TraditionalBlackPowder]

A great natural resource.

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Possibly my favorite. OK, not just possibly ;-)

[@karri8998]

Thanks for suggesting this video. I will be on the lookout for fatwood and try it out.

[@stephenadams9067]

Enjoyed the video, starting to find fatwood in Kentucky this stuff is everywhere.

[@csh6220]

The fatwood in your videos has been lying in the cold, rain/wet/snow/ice/fog/blistering sun and wind for over 3 years and it lights right up with a few scrapings and a flick of a fero rod. I wonder how many of all the other tinders you have used can do the same thing? I would say maybe birch bark (doesn't grow in my area). Of course, if you can let them dry out several more would start a fire, but I am talking just grab it and go. If the tinder isn't sealed in a waterproof container it won't happen. That is the power of Fatwood. That would be a nice experiment but I don't want to wait 4 years. Love your channel Bryan!

[@johnharmon990]

I am very fortunate to have fatwood,alot of it,in my area.It is how i get most of my fires started since it is normally kinda humid when im out......The Fatwood Clan

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Sounds like my kind of place

[@Gorinbronzehammer]

Thanks for the info ..I have heard of fatwood many times from several different channels but never understood what it was..thanks for clearing up the mystery

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Glad to help

[@jimmelnyk7506]

I had an uncle that worked at Hercules Chemical in Brunswick. That Hercules plant had huge piles of pine tree stumps. These had been collected after a forest was cleared then Hercules processed the stumps, making turpentine and other products. I first experienced the smell of the stump yard in 1962 and have never forgotten that smell.

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Yeah, the petroleum industry pretty much killed the turpentine producers.

[@mackenzielamb6513]

Thank you. God bless.

[@Coltbreath]

Another Great presentation! I hit the jackpot last camping trip a bag of wood I purchased in the high county was mostly fat wood! A bag of awesomeness woot!!

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Cool

[@MarkYoungBushcraft]

I love me some fatwood as well but here in Atlantic Canada it is an effort to find. I am truly thankful for all the birch trees we have

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

We don't have too much birch here in Georgia. We have what I call River Birch and the bark is very flammable but it is also very thin and sort of like paper. It's not the same as "regular" Birch.

[@LeeRalph100]

This is great stuff, I am so envious of you guys that have that natural in your areas! There is no mistaking the smell of burning fatwood! Good Video.

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

+Lee Ralph (Pathway to Self Reliance) we are truly blessed

[@scotthill6807]

Nice knife brother. Another technique I've used is to take small pieces and smash them flat with the poll (back) of my hatchet then pull them apart into fine fibers or splinters. It works very well and maybe quicker than scrapping off fluff, plus you get to smash something ;0) You might try it sometime if you have a hatchet handy. Don't you just enjoy the smell of good fatwood? It's perfume to the outdoorsman. We should start making fatwood cologne.

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

+Scott Hill I do love the smell of fatwood

[@HeartandSoulApothecary]

Thanks for your tips on fat wood - and how to locate it too.

[@TigerWizard1]

Thanks for explaining it so plainly. I've been having a little trouble, but didn't know how to ask without soundin like a big ole' dummy. Thank you.

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

+Adam Waters no worries.

[@matthewjeffres1289]

Loved it!

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Cool

[@karlcostigan7633]

Thanks again Bryan, and thanks for the post on how to harvest it!!!!

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Thanks for watching

[@NorthCountryOutdoorGuys]

Very informative in a short and concise video! Thanks Brian.

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Thanks

[@pathester1779]

My papaw always called it lighter pine !! That stuffs awesome!!

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

IT is my favorite

[@kkprepper950]

Love God Love your channel Thank you Brian Hope things are well with you and your family Blessings

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

+KK Prepper thank you

[@BarryDutton]

Great topic, explanations and video, this is a timeless topic for sure, someone always needing to know this stuff. TY Bryan.

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

+Barry Dutton thanks

[@plausiblelies]

thanks

[@citizen1435]

Good job!

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Thanks

[@alanwilliams5836]

For those who don't have much natural fatwood where they live, you can usually pick up a bag or a box of it at Lowes, Home Depot, or Walmart... look in the BBQ accessories isle. I carry a few sticks in all my kits.

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

you can. Thanks for the tip.

[@FRE4KSO]

I love that stuff! You can use it for a hand hold for your bowdrill too.

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

+FRE4KSO so I learned

[@rdlaw8868]

Thanks for another lesson. Thanks Bryan. I love me some fat wood too. Glad we have lots of pine trees in Arkansas too. Thanks.

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

+RDLaw88 I think I would like Arkansas.

[@rickymellottsr4461]

great video , just gettin into primitive fire , very informative , thank you !!!!

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Cool.

[@FolkwayLodge]

I went out on a scout yesterday, and had just found out this stuff. Came across a burnt stump that was filled with fatwood! Good video, I didn't know they actually made turpentine from it, I thought it just smelled like it.

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

I am not sure they made turpentine from fatwood but I know they made it from pine sap. But the stuff in the sap that burns is called turpine ( I think), hence the name turpentine.

[@FolkwayLodge]

Survival On Purpose Good info sir, thank you!

[@mt_baldwin]

It comes from pine trees, produces thick black smoke and smells good? Oh man I live in the middle of a pine tree dense forest and think I may have burned literally hundreds of pounds of it over the years not knowing what it was! I'll be on the look out for it now though and combine it with my favorite tinder, white birch bark shavings, which is more thin and flammable than tissue paper, should be a good combo ( or fire starting overkill).

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

There is no such think as firestarting overkill ;-)

[@Bluelew777]

yep good stuff, smells great

[@THExLAWxMAN]

thank you for the info share.

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Thanks for watching

[@THExLAWxMAN]

+Survival On Purpose I always enjoy your videos.

[@pathester1779]

Hey I just got Crkt's new birler axe and the buku folding knife , and of corse I had to put my own edge on them but man , you ought to see if you could test them out they are fantastic !!

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

That would be cool

[@jjari0307]

have you ever tried starting a fire with a battery and a gum wrapper because its creates fire pretty fast i saw a video on it before and its very cool

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

I have not.

[@redbeard6606]

Nice video thanks Brian.

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Thanks

[@jassenswisher]

Thanks for posting bro!

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Thanks for watching

[@csh6220]

Using fatwood is like cheating. LOL All is fair in love and survival. I copied one of your earlier videos and glued a fero rod into a piece of fatwood. Now I have fire in one neat little package.

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Cool.

[@babbagum7721]

I love me some fat wood. You made my day. LOL. Just came back from the woods and guess what, I found me some fat wood. :-)

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Cool.

[@KJ4RMZ]

I just love smelling it.

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

+KJ4RMZ me too

[@guns4funcajanajustin]

Timber love me some fatwood.

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

me too

[@YankeeWoodcraft]

LOL First thought: "Fatwood! How do I love thee! Let me count the ways!"

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

I hear you. Every now and then I have to just scrape and sniff.

[@BarryDutton]

me too Bryan! Tons of pine where I live in Ontario Canada

[@JasonDunn]

Great stuff! Thanks!

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

+Jason Dunn thanks for watching.

[@sheepdogsurvival5466]

thanks for the video....i am going hunting for some fat wood next weekend. up in the Sierra Nevadas....keep up the good work.

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

+Sheepdog Survival happy hunting

[@Hoggy1963]

cool stuff

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Thanks

[@Bune80]

Great video sir...I'm going hunting for fatwood Saturday.

[@bakerboy8910]

I bought a bag of fat wood from Wally world just recently for like 5 bucks. It's all fat wood, but some of the pieces were damn near translucent with resin. Overall, an excellent buy! In fact, I went and bought 4 more bags of it. That's enough fat wood to last damn near a lifetime of regular firestarting

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Good to know

[@Krusherdawg]

Next up some Fatwood cologne haha! Stuff is awesome and the smell of it (mixed in with the aroma of Black Rifle coffee....just pure heaven) :)

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

There are no words....

[@sinfonianbarelytone9191]

I love Fat Wood. We don't have pine trees here in the PNW. They were all harvested. Douglas Fir doesn't make Fat Wood. I was sent some from a KZbin guy and mine is petrified. It's awesome. I have some in all my fire kits.

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

It is indeed wonderful

[@Outlawstar79]

Time to do some of that FatWood stuff!

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

+Outlawstar79 fun stuff

[@40belowful]

great video Bryan:0 now a video on how you find and collect fat wood your way:)

[@cindymaag4212]

Agreed!

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

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[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

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[@gunnerhusnian4375]

I have trouble finding fatwood. I'm gonna go watch your vid on it again

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

+coolkid survival pine trees. Look at the base of dead limbs. Look at Stubbs where trees have blown over. If you can find a root ball that can sometimes be the mother lode

[@gunnerhusnian4375]

Survival On Purpose thanks for the tips I'm gonna go fatwood hunting when I go to my grandmas

[@edn6671]

5:02 That poor ant xD

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Ants have it rough

[@edn6671]

+Survival On Purpose haha yeah

[@Survival-zn2lb]

It also comes from cedar trees only the red though

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

+Survival 101 so far I have not found any cedar fatwood. But I'll keep my eyes open

[@nathanwoehl15]

Great video didn't know much about phatwood till now I was wondering which knife would you prefer the condor bushlore or the kephart?

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

They are both good knives. Personally, I think I like the Kephart a little more.

[@presto4548]

MAAAAN! I've been trying to light fat wood all weekend. I can't get it to light with a ferro rod to save my life. I think your just using magic.

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Just scrape it into a little pile of very fine dust/scrapings first. Take the tie to make a good size little pile. Then hit it with the sparks from the ferro rod. It that doesn't work I would question whether you have real fatwood.

[@presto4548]

+Survival On Purpose It lite with a lighter and started my charcoal and my wife got it going with a bit of jute twine. I think I'm just a fat wood failure. I love your knife by the way.

[@DeerheartStudioArts]

skunk by the tree n top the fire wood at 5:40, only last a brief moment due to editing, very cute, probably a stuffed animal, funny

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Skunk? What skunk?

[@BlackRifleSurvival]

I love using fatwood, it's great for building a fire

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Me too

[@DivergentDroid]

Here's a question No one has asked: Assuming you find a big branch where fat wood is found in the middle core, If you make a hearth for a hand drill or bow drill and use fat wood for the hearth, does it help make a coal or does the fat wood in that hearth hinder the coal?

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

I don't think it would work. The resin actually acts as a lubricant. You can use fatwood for the hand hold part

[@DivergentDroid]

Survival On Purpose Great answer. Thanks a bunch.

[@ThuanTran-bj4vl]

what ferro rod did you use, or would recommend?

[@chrislnflorida5192]

Bayite

[@brendapearson5260]

I call it rich pine

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

That's a new one to me.

[@andrewsuarez7548]

Hey Brian doesn't using the blade of the knife to scrape the ferry rod dulls it?

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

+Andrew Suarez probably so

[@danielelias473]

thankyou for the informational video on fat wood I was confused where to look. But does fat wood have a specific smell to it? and if so, what does it smell like?

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Hard to describe a smell but it smells sort of like Pine Sol. Maybe.

[@Frissdas1207]

I dunno if maybe it just doesn't work for you, but a good way to not slap your fire pile around is to pull the ferro rode away instead of pushing with the knife.

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

I do that sometimes

[@ronniebprospecting7471]

Maybe next time you can take us along on a fat wood hunt to see where you find it and what to look for😀

[@csh6220]

He has a video on just that. It was about a year ago. It is in his list of videos.

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Here you go. One of the videos in this playlist might be my favorite. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hnLRepJ9rtCba8U

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Thanks.

[@JoshTechgamer]

I love fat wood its the best I feel you to man thumb up I have some in my bug out bag

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Fatwood rocks

[@davidbarclay3651]

I have a piece of fat wood on my keychain. I have several pieces in my car so I can smell it and get my hands sticky. When it is translucent and looks like hard caramel I get excited. You could say I love me some too.

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

I have got some strange looks form people when the see me sniffing a piece of wood.

[@DYLANTRIES]

SKUNK!

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Skunk? What skunk?

[@EliBenZion]

how do you clean the knife after ...

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

I don't usually bother. I just use it.

[@m.myrick7086]

Would it make a good torch?

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

+M. Myrick I think so

[@KISH351]

I have a question for you. How fat wood tinder do you use start a fire 🔥?. Please let me know. Thank you. Great videos

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Did you watch the video? I'm not sure what you are asking.

[@fishingunboxingsandreveiws7226]

Bryan still lookin for your fat wood tree, not given up. Lol

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

+bill gilmer i'm not telling

[@hip-hop6608]

+survival on purpose have you ever had a benchmade knife?

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Osborne 940. I have the plain edge in S30V. I had a serrated version in 154 steel but I lost it (yep I almost cried). I liked it so much I bought the newer one. I sort of wish I had stayed with the serrations for an EDC blade

[@tdrnkr]

I have some broken hacksaw blades. Would that do better job of scraping?

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Maybe. Try and see

[@raw4650]

Survival on purpose I need a good fire rod do you have any go brands.

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

I actually really like the Schrade ones. Firesteel.com makes good ones. The Light My Fire ones are good harder ones.

[@raw4650]

+Survival On Purpose ok thank you. Great channel by the way

[@DeerheartStudioArts]

sorry, correction: skunk at 5:35

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Are you sure?

[@drewlucero3916]

👍🐾🐾

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

+Drew Lucero ;-)

[@oatiemoanie]

Get me some fatwood!

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

You should

[@Cre8ivejunkie]

Is fat wood safe to use in a fire place? I was told pine wood makes the fire place gummie.

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

+Sadrea M I think it's OK to use as a starter, I wouldn't just burn it all the time for regular firewood

[@fulldrawoutdoors1685]

Did anyone else notice the skunk at 5:34

[@stevew6138]

Correct answer, "Skunk? What skunk!!!" However don't worry I hallucinate the striped beast too............................lol. On a lighter note how did this stuff come to be called fat wood? Back in the early 70's running around in the Arkansas Ozark Mountains we just called it pine knots.

[@TraditionalBlackPowder]

That skunk has more cameo appearances then Alfred Hitchcock :-)

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

I don't know. I have heard it called so many things

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Skunk? What skunk?

[@brendapearson5260]

yes

[@Anderixx]

05:32 hahaha :)

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

;-)

[@misterhobson]

Skunk!

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Skunk? What skunk?

[@sirwaffle2492]

another great tinder for a kit is coconut hair

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Not a lot of that growing here in Georgia ;-)

[@serpentheadedmask9]

I can never get this to work

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Seriously? Maybe you don't have actual fatwood. I have never had it to NOT work. Sometimes it takes longer but if it is fatwood it will burn.

[@AtEboli]

Photobombed by a skunk 5:35!

[@babbagum7721]

Fat Wood!!!!! Hurraaaaa! ;-) I love Fat Wood.

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Oh yeah.

[@t.w.milburn8264]

'mornin, Bryan; I'm like you, Love me some Fat-Wood ! Always have some handy on the outings. Yup Dun Saw 'Em ! ATB Terry God Bless

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

It sure is Terry

[@DeerheartStudioArts]

spotted the skunk

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Skunk? What skunk?

[@LloydBlake89]

I saw that skunk

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Skunk? What skunk?

[@LloydBlake89]

5 32 wood pile

[@bharley57west38]

!!!See Ladies fat can be good!!!. Grate info Brian.

[@davedave3631]

It’s cool that you love you some fat wood. Personally I love me some fat chicks. Both of these things will get you toasty when it’s cold.

[@fishingunboxingsandreveiws7226]

O tae

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

+bill gilmer :-)

[@stephenyoung3838]

Brian is there a way to contact you via email

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

+Stephen Young looks like you found it

[@keilaiangeldekao7971]

Why is it called fat wood?

[@84neilbone]

It's the fatty juicy part of the pine tree. I believe it's pretty much the sap of the tree. I could be wrong

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

I don't know. maybe because it burns like fat or grease.

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

I think you are right on the money

[@KTappleguy]

flour and alcohol is better ;)

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Soon. I promise.

[@Surago]

+Survival On Purpose did you already do this video? I'm super behind. 😥

[@reidycruise]

I bought some of amazon :) for how much I got I've wanted some for a few years but never had the chance to collect any so for about 20 quid ive got 10lb of it :)

[@BushOgre]

Fatwood = common sense resource.

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Oh its more than that ;-)