Fat wood

[dave89]

Cant you keep it in a airtight container so that the resin cant go anywhere

 

[Macaroon]

Cant you keep it in a airtight container so that the resin cant go anywhere

Yes you can, I've done that for many years and it always works for me............

 

[santaman2000]

Our Newfoundland climate is a lot more like the UK's than Florida or the Southern US (home of real quality fat wood, throughout the whole stump and beyond). Must be the heat, 'cause it ain't the humility...
I've found that the pines here - White, Red, Jack, and Scot(ch) Pine - don't accumulate resin in the stump or stem, but instead it gathers in knots and the base of branches.
To find Fatwood here, I cut off a dead Pine branch as close to the stem as possible, the lowest on the tree and largest diameter available. The first couple inches contain the good stuff......

I suspect it also depends on when the tree dies or is cut down. The sap rises in warm weather and drops back down the stem in cooler weather.

 

[Dave]

Watch your tools with this stuff. I once made a walking stick out of a pine stick, red and hard with resin.
It took me two hours on the stones, to get all the little chips out of the blade.

 

[DomC]

Here is some juicy lighter knot I harvested in '12...





this stuff is still good today.

DomC