fuzzsticks

[corndog-44]

Do you make and use these very often?

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[RobertRogers]

Rarely. Usually I can find enough small material to do the trick.

[MCBushbaby]

lol, "feather sticks", not fuzzsticks.

And no, not really

[Beo]

lol... lol... lol... fuzzy sticks lol... lol... lol... use'em to cook corndogs in the outback...

[trax]

I don't use them, mostly because I don't even know what the h*** they are.

[Beo]

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.

[nell67]

Yea um no ,never heard of it before!

[corndog-44]

lol... lol... lol... fuzzy sticks lol... lol... lol... use'em to cook corndogs in the outback...

Ah dew lik that dare deputy dawg.

[corndog-44]

lol, "feather sticks", not fuzzsticks.

And no, not really

I call em, fuzzsticks. Some on other group sites call em, fire sticks. Some here call em, feather sticks. Feather sticks ticklers!

[trax]

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....

[nell67]

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....

sounds like experience talking there!

[Beo]

Well most of his women are inflatable... lol...

[nell67]

Well most of his women are inflatable... lol...

Oh Lord!trax and here I thought you were a good boy LMAO!

[trax]

sounds like experience talking there!

Nah...one just hears rumors...

[trax]

Well most of his women are inflatable... lol...

Do you have any idea how much fun a slow leak can be?? Oh of course you do, I forgot about 'Cindy' folded up neatly in her case in your trunk.

[carcajou garou]

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.

[Rick]

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.

[nell67]

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!

[carcajou garou]

Feathersticks are made on the spot, no need to carry them, a pleasant exercise in cutting control.

[trax]

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.