What
is Fatwood?
It's Fire Starter! Natural Fatwood
Fatwood is a 100 percent natural firestarter. Fatwood fire starter is wood that thru a natural process becomes saturated with pitch! Pitch is a flammable product thats absorbed into the fatwood making it easy to light!
The fatwood firestarter sticks are about a 1/2 in diameter and about 8" long. You
get about 12 to 16 pieces per pound. We sell fatwood fire starter in pre-packaged
31/2 pound boxes.
F.A.Q.'s What is Fatwood?
A. Fatwood is a pine wood, approximately 8" in length (approximately
3/4" in diameter), which is hand-split from the stumps of pine trees
that contain a high concentration of natural resin. This organic, 100% natural
resin allows the Fatwood to be started with a single match and gives a sustained
flame. Fatwood is used to start fireplaces, pellet fuel stoves, barbecues,
wood/coal stoves and campfires.
Q. Is our Fatwood from a rainforest and live trees?
A. We cut our Fatwood from non-rainforest areas and do not cut live trees.We
only cut wood from non-endangered pine species. We get our Fatwood from
forests which maintain sustainable yield forestry practices. The trees are
harvested for lumber, and our Fatwood is a by-product of this process.
Q. What do the words Fatwood and Fatlighter mean?
A. Fatwood and Fatlighter are slang expressions which have been used in
the South for many, many years to describe the amount of pitch (resin) in
the pine wood. Fatwood/Fatlighter is the wood that is cut from the base
of the pine tree, which has captured the resin from the trunk of the tree.
Stumps that are left in the forest are cut by hand with a saw and ax to
produce Fatwood.
Q. Do Fatwood sticks have any additive or chemical applied to the stick
to make it light?
A. No. It is 100% natural, with no chemicals or additives of any kind applied
to the product.
Q. How does the Fatwood compare to other firestarters?
A. Fatwood is probably one of the very few, if not the only, 100% natural
made firestarter. Compare all the benefits of this product to liquid flammable
firestarters, wax parafins, flammable pressboard pieces, kerosene soaked
products and the inherent dangers they have.
Q. What is the difference between kindling and Fatwood?
A. All Fatwood is kindling, but not all kindling is Fatwood. Normally, hardwoods
(such as oak, hickory, etc.) rejected during the manufacturing process are
sold as kindling. Hardwood kindling does not start as quickly or have a
fire as intense as Fatwood, and it requires newspaper or another additive
to get started. While it appears that the customer is getting more for the
money with higher-volume kindling bags, several pieces are needed to start
each fire. Fatwood provides a lower cost with just two sticks needed per
fire.
