Do you make and use these very often?
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Do you make and use these very often?
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Rarely. Usually I can find enough small material to do the trick.
lol, "feather sticks", not fuzzsticks. :p
And no, not really
lol... lol... lol... fuzzy sticks lol... lol... lol... use'em to cook corndogs in the outback... :D
I don't use them, mostly because I don't even know what the h*** they are.
A feather stick is a length of wood which has been shaved to produce a head of thin curls. It is used when starting an outdoor fire or campfire when dry tinder is hard to find, and is often used in conjunction with charcloth.
PERSONALLY I USE FLINT AND FLINT STRIKER, WORKS EVERYTIME FOR ME.
Yea um no ,never heard of it before!
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Originally Posted by Beowulf65
Ah dew lik that dare deputy dawg.
I call em, fuzzsticks. Some on other group sites call em, fire sticks. Some here call em, feather sticks. Feather sticks :rolleyes: ticklers! :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by mitch.chesney
Mostly they don't sound like anything to do with anything about survival or outdoor life with names like 'fuzz stick' or "feather stick". Sound like something you pay a buck for in a men's room vending machine...or it used to be a buck....it's been awhile....
:eek: sounds like experience talking there!Quote:
Originally Posted by trax
Well most of his women are inflatable... lol... :D
Oh Lord!trax and here I thought you were a good boy LMAO!Quote:
Originally Posted by Beowulf65
Nah...one just hears rumors...Quote:
Originally Posted by nell67
Do you have any idea how much fun a slow leak can be?? :D:D Oh of course you do, I forgot about 'Cindy' folded up neatly in her case in your trunk.Quote:
Originally Posted by Beowulf65
Yah, I try to carve a feather stick every week or so just to keep my carving up to snuff. Great exercise for new people who are not that handy with their knives yet, gives them a project to learn and knife techniques to acquire.
I 'll use a knife, hatchet, ax, chert or even just a freshly shattered piece of stone, just to keep in practise.
Seems like one more thing to carry to me. You should be able to create some quick tinder in the wild with a good knife/hatchet and some seasoned wood (don't forget about the lint in your pocket either). Even if it's raining the wood is only wet on the outside. Chop it down a bit and you have dry wood to make shavings from. It generally works for me unless you're in a downpour. By the way, I'm talking about the fuzzstick, not the inflatable lady. You guys are way bad.
They are arent they!:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Rick
Feathersticks are made on the spot, no need to carry them, a pleasant exercise in cutting control.
Guess it comes down to the environment you're in. I've started fires with birchbark when it was raining and snowing and about a 25 mph wind. I think if I asked someone else to get the fire started while I gathered wood or put up a shelter and came back and saw them whittling...I might not be all that impressed. On the other hand, if they can get a fire going where I can't I'll be very impressed.