Crampballs' coal fungus' king alfed cakes..??

[bribri]

Hi all' i live in the northwest' manchester. And i cant find crampballs ANYWERE? Everything else yea' but crampballs nowere? Any good local spots that anybody knkws of would be great

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[woodstock]

There has got to be some Ash trees somewhere.

 

[ol smokey]

I'm from the central belt of Scotland, and there are plenty of Ash trees ,around here , of all ages and Dead ones, but in
50 and more years, I have never seen them up here either. A long time ago like a couple of years or so, a kind member
on here sent me some, which I treasure and am very sparing with.

 

[Ogri the trog]

Similar situation here in Mid Wales - no Cramp Balls at all

But down in South Wales when I visit the folks - ton of the things!

Keep your eyes peeled when you visit other places and something will come to light.

ATB

Ogri the trog

 

[Tony]

Heck, I threw loads out last year

 

[British Red]

Try the woods in Cheshire between Knutsford and Holmes Chapel - there used to be plenty around there.

 

[quietone]

Pm me your address and I'll send you some, no worries. They're dried and ready to use.

 

[bribri]

Pm me your address and I'll send you some, no worries. They're dried and ready to use.

I would be so greatfull if you could just one would be fab. Its just so hard to find any up this way

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[bribri]

Plenty of ash just no crampballs growing

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[tom.moran]

ive got some too, ill send some out if anyone needs more

 

[Paulm]

I've got a few that I collected recently, do people just use a whole one (they are only an inch or less across) as a firelighter/bit of tinder, or cut into smaller bits (quite hard and brittle though) ?

Cheers, Paul

 

[Ogri the trog]

I've got a few that I collected recently, do people just use a whole one (they are only an inch or less across) as a firelighter/bit of tinder, or cut into smaller bits (quite hard and brittle though) ?

Cheers, Paul

It depends upon how many you have and what you want to use them for. For fire-lighting, I'd break them in half (snap them in your hands rather than use a knife to cut them). Strike a spark onto the exposed concentric rings and once established, use that in your tinder bundle.

If you have a lot of them, get a good handful glowing and you can use them without any other fuel as quick heat source for cooking or even as you would char-coal briquettes on a barbeque.

You can use individual large ones as hand/pocket warmers, just remember to keep an eye on how much it is burning/remaining.

ATB

Ogri the trog

 

[shack]

Find some Ash Trees and you'll bound to find some, failing that pm me your address and I'll pop a few in a bag for you, 10 a penny around here.
(sorry just read the rest of thread which turns up after a few seconds and see offer already made) I tend to find them in mixed and mature ash woodland with the trees in excess of 30-40 years old) Good luck with the hunt.
Showing some of my school kids is always fun, although the smoke/smell is an acquired taste!

 

[Paulm]

It depends upon how many you have and what you want to use them for. For fire-lighting, I'd break them in half (snap them in your hands rather than use a knife to cut them). Strike a spark onto the exposed concentric rings and once established, use that in your tinder bundle.

If you have a lot of them, get a good handful glowing and you can use them without any other fuel as quick heat source for cooking or even as you would char-coal briquettes on a barbeque.

You can use individual large ones as hand/pocket warmers, just remember to keep an eye on how much it is burning/remaining.

ATB

Ogri the trog

Thanks Ogri, I'll try some this weekend when I'm out camping with the woodgas stove

(I've got a meths burner as back up just in case !)

Cheers, Paul

 

[leon-1]

I've got a few that I collected recently, do people just use a whole one (they are only an inch or less across) as a firelighter/bit of tinder, or cut into smaller bits (quite hard and brittle though) ?

Cheers, Paul

Hi Paul, the Daldenia Concentrica that I've seen around here are somewhat different, I commonly come across them where they are 2 inches in diameter or more. I still try to use them sparingly, a 1 inch I would normally split into quarters or in half if I was using it as an ember extender for a coal for hand drill or Bowdrill. For use with a parabolic or torch reflector I tend to use smaller bits and then transfer onto a larger piece. If you are using a fresnel lens with one then use a half and in 5 seconds you'll have a good coal on the go.

If you are using it as a coal for a tinder bundle you'll want as much of the exposed inner as possible, the hard outer casing doesn't work very well when it comes to transferring heat to the small fibres of the bundle.

 

[Paulm]

Really useful info' Leon, appreciate it.

Cheers, Paul

 

[bribri]

Ive been lookin for a long time for crampballs and never found them' a very kind member sent me some in the post' and i love using them so' what happend today wen i went for a mooch for sum cattails? YEP I FOUND SOME CRAMPBALLS!! Hahaha im so happy now haha oh got some cattails to dry out aswell.

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[Toddy]

Take it from someone who was there and actually saw them do it Don't feed cattails into a kelly kettle !

The mess is absolutely unbelievable :yikes:

Mary

 

[bribri]

Really' is it that messy? Lol thanks for the heads up

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[21st century pict]

I'm from the central belt of Scotland, and there are plenty of Ash trees ,around here , of all ages and Dead ones, but in
50 and more years, I have never seen them up here either. A long time ago like a couple of years or so, a kind member
on here sent me some, which I treasure and am very sparing with.

Hi ol smokey
I’m up north in Moray and only have one patch of Cramp balls which is in a burnt out Birch forest, never seen them on Ash around here.

AYE 18/9/2014