I tried some of the punk wood that I found yesterday with rock/steel last night. One of the quality-check tests that I always perform is to see if the material will hold an ember if I form the ember...
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I tried some of the punk wood that I found yesterday with rock/steel last night. One of the quality-check tests that I always perform is to see if the material will hold an ember if I form the ember...
hunter63, thanks for the warning. I'm not planning on eating the mushrooms. I'm planning to dry them and then see if they'll catch sparks. But you're right, I'll still be careful touching them.
I went out and scouted a source of punk wood today - a brush recycle center in north Austin. I had hoped to find a wide variety of different types of wood collected after our recent storm. No such...
There weren't as many fallen branches as I'd hoped. While I drive to/fro work I try to scout for uncultivated properties where trees might die from not being watered, etc. But probably I'll need to...
kyratshooter, thanks again for sharing your understanding of punkwood and what makes it effective at catching sparks.
So sugar maple and white oak are known good material, with sugar maple being...
kyratshooter, hunter63, I appreciate your insight. Sounds like different woods do behave differently. And it sounds like punkier is better. Have you noticed any difference between sapwood vs...
hunter63, great suggestion for keeping the charred material dry. The thought had come through my mind, wondering whether I should keep one tin for charring and a separate one for carrying the...
kyratshooter, I figured it wouldn't be news to many of the members here. But when I heard about it, it really surprised me. Charred punkwood with rock/steel sparks - check. I've mastered that...
I recently learned that uncharred punk wood can catch the sparks of steel struck against a hard rock such as quartz or flint. Here's a video demonstration by Flintlock (on BushcraftUSA) using sugar...