Recently I have been on the hunt for fatwood but after several failed attempt I messaged Mike from MCQBushcraft and ask for any advice, Mike kindly went out and filmed a video for his YouTube channel MCQBushcraft.
This weekend I went with his advise in my head down to a local woods and found a down tree. I was unable to ID the tree as I had gone out without my book.
The first two branches I cut had all the signs I had been looking for, so I went ahead of split the branch into quarter and used the back of my blade to scrap the wood into fine shavings.
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When attempting to you light the shavings it would not take and after several minutes of trying I attempted to use a lighter, failing with the lighter lead me to believe I did not have the fatwood that I had thought and rather the branch was damp due to the rain in the week.
The hunt continues.
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