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Pine is not a good wood to use,too much pitch.
I like white cedar myself.But there's a list here somewhere with all the different woods that work well.
It's in this thread.

I just got an ember on my second try yesterday on a proven set.
Although the technique is there,the triceps were not prepared for a work out.lol
Feeling it today.

I like the way you personalized your bow and block with carvings.Nice job doing it in the snow.
With the bow drill ,I have had luck only with white cedar spindle on white cedar fire board.Got...

Probably should have posted my above reply in the fungus tinder thread.:blushing:
I was just shocked at how long the ember lasted straight from the bow drill.
YCC,have you used any natural cortege...

Yesterday I picked up a horse hoof mushroom off the ground that I had kicked off a tree weeks ago.I got my bow drill set out and tried it as a fire board.The shroom was hard like wood but just didn't...

Thanks Rick,

That had me confused........not hard.:blushing:
So all would be good for bow drill if dry and passed the fingernail test?

Cool YCC,

I tried a white birch spindle on a white ceder fire board over the weekend.
Get what appears to be a coal,but goes out rather quickly.
Got 2 coals on the ceder on ceder spindle and...

Has anybody tried stag horn sumac as a spindle or fire board?
That stuff grows like crazy in some sections around my place.Seems to me it would need to dry out considerably as it has a rather spongy...