Fatwood Firesteels : Works of Art

fire is a basic element for human fire is a basic element for human survival whether you need it for heat survival whether you need it for heat survival whether you need it for heat boiling your water cooking your food or boiling your water cooking your food or boiling your water cooking your food or just for morale and light fire has been just for morale and light fire has been just for morale and light fire has been used from the beginning and in a used from the beginning and in a used from the beginning and in a survival situation it's incredibly survival situation it's incredibly survival situation it's incredibly important to have some way to make fire important to have some way to make fire important to have some way to make fire and one of the ways people have been and one of the ways people have been and one of the ways people have been doing this for generations is using fat doing this for generations is using fat doing this for generations is using fat wood it's natural in the outdoors it's wood it's natural in the outdoors it's wood it's natural in the outdoors it's pine resin and it's used even in dead pine resin and it's used even in dead pine resin and it's used even in dead wood you can find it and harvest it and wood you can find it and harvest it and wood you can find it and harvest it and use it it's highly flammable because the use it it's highly flammable because the use it it's highly flammable because the resin and the tar soaked into the wood resin and the tar soaked into the wood resin and the tar soaked into the wood and it'll actually ignite at 200 degrees and it'll actually ignite at 200 degrees and it'll actually ignite at 200 degrees so it's a real favorite especially with so it's a real favorite especially with so it's a real favorite especially with bush crafters and survivalist now we're bush crafters and survivalist now we're bush crafters and survivalist now we're gonna look today at a very unique piece gonna look today at a very unique piece gonna look today at a very unique piece of that wood and this is from fat wood of that wood and this is from fat wood of that wood and this is from fat wood fire Steel's calm these guys are out of fire Steel's calm these guys are out of fire Steel's calm these guys are out of Georgia near the Atlanta area and so Georgia near the Atlanta area and so Georgia near the Atlanta area and so pretty local to me this is a beautiful pretty local to me this is a beautiful pretty local to me this is a beautiful piece of fat wood now one thing about piece of fat wood now one thing about piece of fat wood now one thing about fat wood is that it gets really sticky fat wood is that it gets really sticky fat wood is that it gets really sticky the resins in it and you've ever put the resins in it and you've ever put the resins in it and you've ever put your hand in pine resin you know you your hand in pine resin you know you your hand in pine resin you know you know just how it can get everywhere they know just how it can get everywhere they know just how it can get everywhere they work two years to be able to come up work two years to be able to come up work two years to be able to come up with a formula to coat these to keep with a formula to coat these to keep with a formula to coat these to keep these very beautiful soft and smooth and these very beautiful soft and smooth and these very beautiful soft and smooth and still be effective as a good piece of still be effective as a good piece of still be effective as a good piece of fat would they come with the fire fat would they come with the fire fat would they come with the fire Steel's on them and the striker and Steel's on them and the striker and Steel's on them and the striker and actually a practice piece of firewood on actually a practice piece of firewood on actually a practice piece of firewood on the paracord lanyard and so we're gonna the paracord lanyard and so we're gonna the paracord lanyard and so we're gonna look at some of the details but I think look at some of the details but I think look at some of the details but I think this is a beautiful piece to carry it's this is a beautiful piece to carry it's this is a beautiful piece to carry it's something that you know is really high something that you know is really high something that you know is really high quality but something also that could quality but something also that could quality but something also that could save your life now Jeff Harrelson who is save your life now Jeff Harrelson who is save your life now Jeff Harrelson who is the owner of fat wood fire steels you the owner of fat wood fire steels you the owner of fat wood fire steels you know you got in touch with me and he know you got in touch with me and he know you got in touch with me and he said hey I want you to take a look at said hey I want you to take a look at said hey I want you to take a look at these fire steels and I'll tell you guys these fire steels and I'll tell you guys these fire steels and I'll tell you guys these are beautiful I mean when I saw these are beautiful I mean when I saw these are beautiful I mean when I saw them on the website I was like that is them on the website I was like that is them on the website I was like that is just gorgeous just gorgeous just gorgeous it's just a piece of art really this is it's just a piece of art really this is it's just a piece of art really this is your standard piece right here it has your standard piece right here it has your standard piece right here it has still what they call the live side right still what they call the live side right still what they call the live side right here and then you have your flat on the here and then you have your flat on the here and then you have your flat on the other side to be able to use for your other side to be able to use for your other side to be able to use for your fire steel you also have a from fire fire steel you also have a from fire fire steel you also have a from fire steel comm one of their super strikers steel comm one of their super strikers steel comm one of their super strikers these are excellent strike these are excellent strike these are excellent strike and they also give you a practice piece and they also give you a practice piece and they also give you a practice piece of fat wood to be able to use before you of fat wood to be able to use before you of fat wood to be able to use before you kind of use this for in a survival kind of use this for in a survival kind of use this for in a survival situation and then to you know it's kind situation and then to you know it's kind situation and then to you know it's kind of it's going to be difficult to mess of it's going to be difficult to mess of it's going to be difficult to mess this up I can promise you that now this this up I can promise you that now this this up I can promise you that now this is just a standard piece of fat wood is just a standard piece of fat wood is just a standard piece of fat wood that they also offer and then they have that they also offer and then they have that they also offer and then they have some of their shavings and this is their some of their shavings and this is their some of their shavings and this is their fire dust 10 it just has regular fat fire dust 10 it just has regular fat fire dust 10 it just has regular fat wood shavings in here that you would wood shavings in here that you would wood shavings in here that you would typically use and shave off here you typically use and shave off here you typically use and shave off here you know fat wood does ignite at about 200 know fat wood does ignite at about 200 know fat wood does ignite at about 200 degrees Fahrenheit so you know it burns degrees Fahrenheit so you know it burns degrees Fahrenheit so you know it burns really good it's easy to like and on the really good it's easy to like and on the really good it's easy to like and on the feral rod feral rod feral rod these will generate about 3,000 degrees these will generate about 3,000 degrees these will generate about 3,000 degrees so you have a 3,000 degree flame with a so you have a 3,000 degree flame with a so you have a 3,000 degree flame with a 200 degree ignition so it's really easy 200 degree ignition so it's really easy 200 degree ignition so it's really easy to light these one thing also that he to light these one thing also that he to light these one thing also that he sent I thought was pretty cool is a sent I thought was pretty cool is a sent I thought was pretty cool is a cross he is a Christian their Christian cross he is a Christian their Christian cross he is a Christian their Christian company and this has a Ferro rod on here company and this has a Ferro rod on here company and this has a Ferro rod on here and so I love this that's just cool I and so I love this that's just cool I and so I love this that's just cool I would feel weird taking off the firewood would feel weird taking off the firewood would feel weird taking off the firewood from across but there it is now this from across but there it is now this from across but there it is now this piece right here in particular is what piece right here in particular is what piece right here in particular is what they call the dragon's tail these are they call the dragon's tail these are they call the dragon's tail these are very difficult to find in the wild and I very difficult to find in the wild and I very difficult to find in the wild and I think he said this just as a gift think he said this just as a gift think he said this just as a gift because this is really beautiful and because this is really beautiful and because this is really beautiful and they are hard to find but as you can they are hard to find but as you can they are hard to find but as you can tell it does it just looks like a dragon tell it does it just looks like a dragon tell it does it just looks like a dragon tail but these things are absolutely tail but these things are absolutely tail but these things are absolutely beautiful it does come with about 33 beautiful it does come with about 33 beautiful it does come with about 33 inches of paracord with the fisherman's inches of paracord with the fisherman's inches of paracord with the fisherman's knot you can adjust this to your neck knot you can adjust this to your neck knot you can adjust this to your neck and this is a great way to carry it and this is a great way to carry it and this is a great way to carry it especially when you're on the trail especially when you're on the trail especially when you're on the trail camping hiking or in a bug-out situation camping hiking or in a bug-out situation camping hiking or in a bug-out situation the fair seam rods will probably take the fair seam rods will probably take the fair seam rods will probably take about 3,000 strikes so you've got plenty about 3,000 strikes so you've got plenty about 3,000 strikes so you've got plenty of striking capability you've got plenty of striking capability you've got plenty of striking capability you've got plenty of fat wood you can still use the Faro of fat wood you can still use the Faro of fat wood you can still use the Faro ride if you need it in a survival ride if you need it in a survival ride if you need it in a survival situation with other tinder ok situation with other tinder ok situation with other tinder ok Brittany's the practice piece of fat Brittany's the practice piece of fat Brittany's the practice piece of fat wood for this demonstration obviously I wood for this demonstration obviously I wood for this demonstration obviously I want to keep this as long as possible want to keep this as long as possible want to keep this as long as possible you take your edge or your striker and you take your edge or your striker and you take your edge or your striker and you just start getting an edge they say you just start getting an edge they say you just start getting an edge they say about 1/4 inch pieces work nice about 1/4 inch pieces work nice about 1/4 inch pieces work nice [Applause] you can feel the resin in here already you can feel the resin in here already if you look right here there's just if you look right here there's just if you look right here there's just resin that's gonna really light well this resin preserves the wood over years this resin preserves the wood over years of time it's really a self-healing type of time it's really a self-healing type of time it's really a self-healing type process for the pine anytime you have process for the pine anytime you have process for the pine anytime you have growth it'll build up areas if you cut growth it'll build up areas if you cut growth it'll build up areas if you cut the tree down that pine resin will start the tree down that pine resin will start the tree down that pine resin will start to bubble up and that's really until the to bubble up and that's really until the to bubble up and that's really until the tree just completely dies so we're gonna tree just completely dies so we're gonna tree just completely dies so we're gonna gather up our shavings here we're going gather up our shavings here we're going gather up our shavings here we're going to take our Stryker now typically I like to take our Stryker now typically I like to take our Stryker now typically I like to pull my Stryker out but we're just to pull my Stryker out but we're just to pull my Stryker out but we're just gonna leave it right here and just see gonna leave it right here and just see gonna leave it right here and just see if we can get some good spark now you if we can get some good spark now you if we can get some good spark now you can see that first couple of sparks was can see that first couple of sparks was can see that first couple of sparks was kind of like but man that thing burns now to get a better look let's just go now to get a better look let's just go ahead and get some more shavings you can ahead and get some more shavings you can ahead and get some more shavings you can actually like the Ferro rod with a spine actually like the Ferro rod with a spine actually like the Ferro rod with a spine of your knife I would highly suggest of your knife I would highly suggest of your knife I would highly suggest though that you definitely use this though that you definitely use this though that you definitely use this practice wood and know what you're doing practice wood and know what you're doing practice wood and know what you're doing when you get ready to use it sometimes when you get ready to use it sometimes when you get ready to use it sometimes there are some some pine knots right in there are some some pine knots right in there are some some pine knots right in here here here you can use your thumb behind it to get you can use your thumb behind it to get you can use your thumb behind it to get even a better grip on the practice wood that's incredible look how that burns that's incredible look how that burns that just that little bit you can add that just that little bit you can add that just that little bit you can add some tinder to that really quickly and some tinder to that really quickly and some tinder to that really quickly and be able to get a good fire started now be able to get a good fire started now be able to get a good fire started now let's open up our fire does 10 which it let's open up our fire does 10 which it let's open up our fire does 10 which it does have this small little container does have this small little container does have this small little container with this little bag zip flops lock so with this little bag zip flops lock so with this little bag zip flops lock so it's going to be good and sealed you can it's going to be good and sealed you can it's going to be good and sealed you can either keep it in the zip lock which I either keep it in the zip lock which I either keep it in the zip lock which I think I'm gonna do started to put it in think I'm gonna do started to put it in think I'm gonna do started to put it in the tent itself but no reason not to now the tent itself but no reason not to now the tent itself but no reason not to now this step is waterproof this because this step is waterproof this because this step is waterproof this because that resin really seals it man that fire that resin really seals it man that fire that resin really seals it man that fire is beautiful this stuff burns and burns Wow Wow this stuff burns and burns Wow Wow I mean that was really one strike I mean that was really one strike I mean that was really one strike brought that together one thing I love brought that together one thing I love brought that together one thing I love about this wood too is it feels really about this wood too is it feels really about this wood too is it feels really comfortable in your hand I mean it just comfortable in your hand I mean it just comfortable in your hand I mean it just just has a nice soft polished feel to it just has a nice soft polished feel to it just has a nice soft polished feel to it man I really like this one thing you man I really like this one thing you man I really like this one thing you don't want to do is leave these out in don't want to do is leave these out in don't want to do is leave these out in the Sun it can bring the resin or tar to the Sun it can bring the resin or tar to the Sun it can bring the resin or tar to the top of the surface and I think the the top of the surface and I think the the top of the surface and I think the more you use it I think it's just going more you use it I think it's just going more you use it I think it's just going to be softer and softer at least until to be softer and softer at least until to be softer and softer at least until your practice piece runs out but even your practice piece runs out but even your practice piece runs out but even with the practice piece you can start to with the practice piece you can start to with the practice piece you can start to feel a little bit of the resin right feel a little bit of the resin right feel a little bit of the resin right here and if you Stoke this a little bit here and if you Stoke this a little bit here and if you Stoke this a little bit it'll keep burning for a while now you it'll keep burning for a while now you it'll keep burning for a while now you can take the spine of the knife or you can take the spine of the knife or you can take the spine of the knife or you can take your knife and just go ahead can take your knife and just go ahead can take your knife and just go ahead and trim that up definitely easier than and trim that up definitely easier than and trim that up definitely easier than the striker the striker the striker to process this fat wood I wouldn't get too big a piece though I wouldn't get too big a piece though makes it a little bit harder to light makes it a little bit harder to light makes it a little bit harder to light with the larger pieces but it'll with the larger pieces but it'll with the larger pieces but it'll probably burn longer now let's see how probably burn longer now let's see how probably burn longer now let's see how these bigger pieces light I think you these bigger pieces light I think you these bigger pieces light I think you definitely want to stick with the very definitely want to stick with the very definitely want to stick with the very fine shavings this will light for sure there we go there we go I think pulling the fire steel away from I think pulling the fire steel away from I think pulling the fire steel away from it with these bigger shavings actually it with these bigger shavings actually it with these bigger shavings actually works better and that's really the works better and that's really the works better and that's really the traditional way you're supposed to light traditional way you're supposed to light traditional way you're supposed to light your fire steel nothing better than a your fire steel nothing better than a your fire steel nothing better than a good fire on a cool day now one thing good fire on a cool day now one thing good fire on a cool day now one thing that was really impressive was the price that was really impressive was the price that was really impressive was the price for your standard fatwood fire steel and for your standard fatwood fire steel and for your standard fatwood fire steel and that includes the striker the practice that includes the striker the practice that includes the striker the practice piece of wood and also the paracord with piece of wood and also the paracord with piece of wood and also the paracord with this beautiful finish they're $24.99 this beautiful finish they're $24.99 this beautiful finish they're $24.99 I thought that was a fantastic price now I thought that was a fantastic price now I thought that was a fantastic price now they do have a $19.99 piece that's a they do have a $19.99 piece that's a they do have a $19.99 piece that's a little bit smaller and they also offer little bit smaller and they also offer little bit smaller and they also offer fat wood sticks these run $2.99 then for fat wood sticks these run $2.99 then for fat wood sticks these run $2.99 then for the fire does 10 these are $5.99 I was the fire does 10 these are $5.99 I was the fire does 10 these are $5.99 I was one thing that I failed to mention is one thing that I failed to mention is one thing that I failed to mention is the price includes shipping so it's free the price includes shipping so it's free the price includes shipping so it's free shipping on all the items they do now shipping on all the items they do now shipping on all the items they do now ship internationally and of course there ship internationally and of course there ship internationally and of course there will be some shipping charges that apply will be some shipping charges that apply will be some shipping charges that apply to that and I want to thank Jeff and the to that and I want to thank Jeff and the to that and I want to thank Jeff and the crew at phat wood fire Steel's calm for crew at phat wood fire Steel's calm for crew at phat wood fire Steel's calm for sending this little package this is a sending this little package this is a sending this little package this is a lot of fun I think it's a great item to lot of fun I think it's a great item to lot of fun I think it's a great item to have and it's just one of those that has have and it's just one of those that has have and it's just one of those that has a huge cool factor to it these things a huge cool factor to it these things a huge cool factor to it these things are beautiful are beautiful are beautiful be strong be of good courage god bless be strong be of good courage god bless be strong be of good courage god bless america america america long live the Republic long live the Republic long live the Republic [Music] and one of the ways that a lot of people and one of the ways that a lot of people have been doing it over the generations have been doing it over the generations have been doing it over the generations is using firewood even for morale you is using firewood even for morale you is using firewood even for morale you know now we definitely want to use the know now we definitely want to use the know now we definitely want to use the standard okay let's do something here standard okay let's do something here standard okay let's do something here you can smell that right that you can you can smell that right that you can you can smell that right that you can smell that resin so check out fat wood smell that resin so check out fat wood smell that resin so check out fat wood fire steels calm a great price on these