All About Pocket Knives

Well my buddy Triple F Scott has hooked me up once again!
A few months back he set me up with a tin of fatwood sticks to use as a survival fire starter...I used them up on our last trip up north and doggone it they worked great! So great in fact that I requested another small amount from him to replenish what I had used up. Well Scott being the generous kind hearted fella that he is took it upon himself to send me a whole stump of the stuff!
Here's a pic of the piece, along with the Wikipedia definition in case you are not familiar with it...
Thanks again Scott, this stuff is like gold to me, I really like it alot...and my wife just loooooves the smell it gives off while burning.

Mike

Fatwood, also known as "fat lighter," "lighter wood," "rich lighter," "pine knot," "lighter knot," "heart pine" or "lighter'd" [sic], is derived from the heartwood of pine trees. This resin-impregnated heartwood becomes hard and rot-resistant. The stump (and tap root) left in the ground after a tree has fallen or has been cut is an excellent source of fatwood. Other locations, such as the joints where limbs intersect the trunk, can also be harvested. Although most resinous pines can produce fatwood, in the southeastern United States the wood is commonly associated with longleaf pine (Pinus palustris), which historically was highly valued for its high pitch production.

Glad you and the fam are happy bro!! Enjoy....I know the cooler weather is knocking on your door! I wish it were here .....

KOOL !!!! Our entire house has ""Heart Pine"" flooring,that we had cut from some floor beams that came out of an old cotton mill,that was torn down,after closing****. the mill was built in early 1900's ,and all the beams had turned to ""Lighter""____made for some mighty pretty floors !!!

Is this wood also known as Southern Yellow Pine?

That is some really gorgeous flooring Monk. Good on you for repurposing that lumber.

Beautiful. Well done.

FRJ wrote:Is this wood also known as Southern Yellow Pine?

Joe__around here Southern Yellow Pine,is a ""soft pine"" used for frameing,not so much for floors___ since most of the mills closed and have been torn down, lots of the flooring, floor beams, and bricks, have been removed and sold at a ""premium price"" to builders for use in building "new homes"" & re-modeling_____also a lot of the hotels/motels re-modeled their lobbys,using this wood for flooring (especially around the Charlston area)

It always amazes me, what's old is new again.

In 1979 I bought a two story Victorian house that was built in 1906, finished in 1907. The construction was real 2x4's that were 2" by 4" and interior walls that were lath and plaster. On the first level the floors were oak as was the trim and pocket doors. Except for the dining room whose floor was oak around the perimeter but in the center where a rug would cover it, it was heart pine.

On the second level they "cheaped out" and the floors and trim were heart pine. There was a huge walk up attic, some knob & tube wiring still in use, reminents of the carbide gas lighting system still in place with operating instructions for the gas generator tacked to the back of a door in the basement. The basement had a brick walled room for every room that was on the first floor.

I loved that big old house and would probably still be living there if my marriage hadn't fallen apart just a few short years after we bought it. And life goes on.

I'm sorry. I digress (and as usual, waaaaay off topic). My purpose for the post was to talk about the flooring and what they did at the turn of the 20th century.

I love those old victorian houses Jerry, and the wife would gladly give MY left gonad to have one! If we ever pull off our dream house it'll be a modern, updated reproduction of a turn of the century Victorian.

WB

We were out for a drive one summer day a few years ago and stopped in. I asked to see what they had done with the house and I wanted Linnea to see it. (I know. Pretty bold, eh.) The lady was a little put off at first but warmed up as she showed us around. She was the one who had originally bought it from me and said a couple of years after they moved in, the upstairs bathroom plumbing gave way AND they had to have a new roof. I think she said they ended up spending appx. $20k on inside a year or two. I guess I was lucky to get out when I did. Did I happen to mention the leaded glass windows?

Some pictures of the "Heart Pine Lighter"" fire place mantle board ( 3X10X86 inches ) in our main room____you can see the ""saw marks"" on front of the mantle__and on the end photo,you can count the ""age rings"" of the tree !!!!____we did have a basket of lighter sticks, on the hearth,but my wife must have found a better place for em' ___________if only old people aged, as nice as the pine wood

Jerry,in my neck of the Woods we have this saying:an old house and a young woman always keep you busy

tendots wrote:Jerry,in my neck of the Woods we have this saying:an old house and a young woman always keep you busy

So true, so true. My buddy's Tudor is the same age as the Vic I had. Since he's retired, he has rebuilt almost every window in the place, had roof work done (slate roof $$$$$$$$$), remodeled two of the four bathrooms (including new ceramic tile floor and all new fixtures) and repaired the shower in the main bathroom, tiled the floor on both levels of the side entry-way and just recently finished doing extensive work on the kitchen including pulling up the existing heart pine floor and replacing it with oak. The original floor had been refinshed so many times the tongues were showing in places. The kitchen alone took him three months.


Monk -- There aren't adequate words to compliment that chunk of wood. That mantle is so impressive.

Thanks JerryD___

Monk alway apreciate good workmanship NICE.

Monk, did you ever do a count on the rings on the mantel peice? They kinda got blurry but it's probably over 100. My wife likes that green lamp, we hunt for green things and pocket knives in the antique stores !
Treefarmer

No sir, never have really counted the rings but yes,very old tree indeed !!!! ____the green depression glass, is my favorite also !!!!

Awesome chunk of wood Monk!


I'm heading to the outdoors with kids today and I'll have my eyes open for more fatwood!

monkster......................I LOVE ME SOME "JADEITE" ,ever since i was a kid
1st thing i ever collected...lolol.....well my mom started it for me,and i just continued
my son now has my collection....,but my wife displays it in the kitchen.







FIREKING KING OF THE SAN JOAQUIN

junebug wrote:monkster......................I LOVE ME SOME "JADEITE" ,ever since i was a kid
1st thing i ever collected...lolol.....well my mom started it for me,and i just continued
my son now has my collection....,but my wife displays it in the kitchen.
FIREKING KING OF THE SAN JOAQUIN

Then You Know ""Jane Ray"" ___we were collecting,when you buy it for a dime at yard sales !!!! (then Martha Stewart showed it on her show and WOW!!!$$$$$$$$$$$$$)________you should know our other passion (Franciscan China, Apple pattern ???)

It was so nice out today I thought I'd post sunrise and harvest moon rise on my ground blind.

Beautiful shots Garddog...did you sit all day?

Nice monk and gard

Thanks guys No I came out mid-day to hot

garddogg56 wrote:Thanks guys No I came out mid-day to hot

Believe it or not, I cannot wait for the temperature to break. I'm a cold weather person I guess.