Part 1.
Sycamore on Sycamore. Two stick plus regular fireboard.
I took the little guy fishing the other day and noticed all the sycamore trees near the large river. So we gathered some dead fall on the hike out. I prefer to take dead wood off trees but they were so high. Settled on wood that fell to the ground but wasn't in direct contact. That said the environment was kinda damp in that location. I was worried about the wood however it is what it is. The wood was full of knots and gnarly. Sycamore seems to like water.
The funky bark.
This looks like it will do just fine.
So here is the wood back at home ready to GO!
As usual I am starting at near dust so ended up going into dark. For the Sycamore I wanted to do a two stick then standard fire board.
Up first the two stick sycamore on sycamore coal.
The first attempt was a flop but I wasn't going to give up.
The Spindle needed smoothing for another try. Before attempting the two stick again split a section of Sycamore to make a fireboard. Wanted to do the hawk work in the light to reduce my chances of getting hurt. For a wood that's on the softer side it didn't split all that easy however the H&B mouse/lady hawk splits well.
Worked up a sycamore fireboard.
The white area was very soft so the spindle drilled through rather fast. Still it produced a coal without much fuss.
Fire!
Now it was time to get back to the two stick. Really put the hammer down and at first got nothing again. Then I noticed the faintest bit of smoke. flipped the two stick fire board over then gave it a good tap. The smallest of embers appeared. As in hand fan and hope for the best small.
Soon the coal was looking good. I didn't bother to blow the coal into flame as already got fire with this combo minutes before.
Sycamore on Sycamore is GOTO.
Thanks for looking.
Sycamore on Sycamore. Two stick plus regular fireboard.
I took the little guy fishing the other day and noticed all the sycamore trees near the large river. So we gathered some dead fall on the hike out. I prefer to take dead wood off trees but they were so high. Settled on wood that fell to the ground but wasn't in direct contact. That said the environment was kinda damp in that location. I was worried about the wood however it is what it is. The wood was full of knots and gnarly. Sycamore seems to like water.
The funky bark.
This looks like it will do just fine.
So here is the wood back at home ready to GO!
As usual I am starting at near dust so ended up going into dark. For the Sycamore I wanted to do a two stick then standard fire board.
Up first the two stick sycamore on sycamore coal.
The first attempt was a flop but I wasn't going to give up.
The Spindle needed smoothing for another try. Before attempting the two stick again split a section of Sycamore to make a fireboard. Wanted to do the hawk work in the light to reduce my chances of getting hurt. For a wood that's on the softer side it didn't split all that easy however the H&B mouse/lady hawk splits well.
Worked up a sycamore fireboard.
The white area was very soft so the spindle drilled through rather fast. Still it produced a coal without much fuss.
Fire!
Now it was time to get back to the two stick. Really put the hammer down and at first got nothing again. Then I noticed the faintest bit of smoke. flipped the two stick fire board over then gave it a good tap. The smallest of embers appeared. As in hand fan and hope for the best small.
Soon the coal was looking good. I didn't bother to blow the coal into flame as already got fire with this combo minutes before.
Sycamore on Sycamore is GOTO.
Thanks for looking.