Little Known Fatwood Processing Method 

Unique but great fire starting method.

That trick of drilling all those holes and cutting to 1/2" - 1" thick was very cool. I've never seen a flame dance like that. Thanks, David.

I've used fatwood a bazillion times... even used a coarse file to make fatwood dust... but I never thought of a fatwood swiss cheese wafer. This is awesome Dave!!

I feel like that is your emergency guarantee to get fire in a rainstorm. You could make a small package of dust and drilled disk and keep it set aside just for a really bad day situation. Thank you David. That is some excellent info.

Tinder and kindling from one process, from one tree. Bonus: works in windy and rainy environments. Outstanding!

This has got to be the BEST video on "fatwood" and fire starting that I have seen in the past 10 years or more, thanks a heap for posting.

The usefulness of this video goes unquestioned. The smile on your face when the leaf blower entered the stage made it priceless 😂

This is the way to make a mans friday worth going through. Thanks in advance of even seeing this video. Appreciate all you do good sir.

Friday morning with coffee and Dave, learning about fatwood. Today is a good day! Cheers!

You have to be the most informative person on RU-vid when it comes to survival starting fires finding Tinder I don't know that I've seen anybody do it as informative as you with the quality video thanks for posting

The leaf blower at the end of the video was worth the price of admission! Great video and I learned a new skill! Thanks Dave.

"The Best Fatwood comes from a tree that's been killed by Lightening..." Well then, "I guess I picked the wrong week to give up my Dr. Frankenstein Tesla Arc Lightening generator shenanigans. What do you make of this Fatwood Johnny?" Johnny: "I can make Swiss cheese, I can make a Waffle, I can make Fatwood Fairy Dust..." Really enjoyed the Fatwood Chef show today, Dave. Thank You!

Hey there dave, like you said, you tube has a bunch of fat wood videos, but in all honesty, I really like this processing procedure, it's the best I've seen. Thank you for another interesting video. Good day.

Just when you think you have seen every way of starting fire......dave says hold my beer 😄😄

We're always happy when we get to watch one of your videos. We learn something from all your videos Thank you for wearing the mike, made it nice to hear you clearer. Take care and stay safe 🤗🌞

Finally a decent explanation of what fatwood is. Thank you, I appreciate it

Even though serious health issues keep me out of the woods now, I so do enjoy your videos. Always informative and always enjoyable. That swiss-cheese fatwood waffle is da bomb. I was like, ok so he's creating fatwood dust. I've done that. But when you cut the waffle, I was like, damn, that man is smart. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us. Stay safe and stay in the woods.

I went to the woods looking for fatwood after your last video and was lucky to have found quite a lot 😊. This video is great because it tells you how to process it much better. Never seen, never heard, and never would have thought of that Swiss cheese block. That, of course, is why we all watch your videos with such enthusiasm..... always something new to learn. Looking forward to seeing that machete video, especially as you will be voicing your likes and dislikes. 👍. Thanks again for another great watch.

My method for finding fatwood is simple -- I see a pine stump standing, or a tree laying, I whack it with my walking stick. Usually around the base of a standing stump or fragment, or along the knots and the underside of a tree that's laying down. The more metallic, sharp sound you get out of it, the more and better the fatwood. But man alive, THAT is a great idea! I'll definitely be making some of these little honeycomb/Swiss cheese deals for emergency fires in the rain! I've got a ton of good fatwood waiting on me to bring it out of the woods, including five or six of those completely skeletonized trees. Another great video, Dave!

This video made me feel like such an uncreative idiot because I've done a lot of work to get a lot less shaving...i usually give up and just make sticks... Which are good and serve their purpose too , but this... This is some next level time saving goodness... Thanks again Dave

I had never heard of 'fat wood' until I built a rocket stove and my girlfriend gave me some that she'd had since her days as a girl scout leader. Your presentation, description and process are the best and most explicit I have seen about how to find and what to do with it. The 'swiss cheese' slice is simple yet ingenious fire starter for newbs and preppers alike, effectively combining fuel and mass into a compact package.

I've been collecting fatwood for decades and never thought of using a drill to make sawdust out of it! I've been hand grating it and pouring beeswax over it to make a puck. You just saved me a lot of labor! Thank you!

A really good idea. I live in a pine forest so I've been cutting and using fatwood for years, but this a pretty good emergency idea.

You have the most creative and most thaught out ideas than anyone else. Thankyou for your great fun videos. I always learn something new from your videos.

"Absolutely cool " , I really learn something more, about firewood management. In this matter, you're ahead of all "bushcrafter" on RU-vid. Thanks Dave 😊, this might save life of a bunch of us in the rainy 🌧 days out there, as any bad and cold weather...🧙‍♂️🇨🇦

I’ve known many a method for processing and utilizing fatwood, but never a top secret one. 😀 Great technique, Dave. Thanks for sharing. P.S. Love your videos, please keep making ‘em.

Good ole fat lightered. Our home place, when daddy bought it in the early 60s had a cedar stand on what he called "the new ground". He restored and remodeled our (then) 125 year old home. He harvested and used cedar from many of those trees to panel mama's closet and our living room. It was the most beautiful 3/8 inch thick, red cedar paneling I had ever seen. Each piece was beveled on its edges and created a beautiful, rich room. He had a carpenter friend who had sawmill equipment who milled, planed, and dried the cedar for daddy. As you can imagine, there was lots of lightered knots down in that stand of cedar. Daddy did a bit of bartering with the carpenter in that for his time and equipment use, daddy traded him lots of the extra cedar and the lightered from the stand. They were both well pleased with the trade.

Love this guy’s style and his fantastic accent. Thoroughly enjoyed it. From someone with an Australian accent.

Its been a busy year for me and haven't had much time to view my favorite bushcrafter. But I had time tonight, and boy, am I glad I did. Thanks, Dave, for this gem of wisdom. You sure make me look smart when I teach my Grandchildren what you taught me.

Thanks Dave!! I think I’m going to make a bunch of these as gifts for my “fire-challenged” friends/fam.

I'm old and don't get out as much as I want to but when I was growing up my elders always said if you stop learning you start dieing so keep handing out the knowledge and I will keep listening

I learned something new today. Productive Friday. Thank you sir.

Been watching Dave for many years, he’s an absolute genius on fabrication of metal and things from nature! Idk if he is or not but he could easily be a millionaire if he chose to be!

Your mic sounds good, Lighting , Who woulda thunk Thank You for the lesson Brother.

Best Fatwood tutorial I have seen! Thankyou! 😍👍

All the other survival youtubers are level 5. Dave is taking us deep inside the survival Matrix. He is like Neo, but cooler.

Dave, I guess resources are all around us in the wild. You just gotta know what you're looking for and why. This is a very cool idea. You can pre-process and leave them in your vehicles and in your packs for emergency use. I wonder how they'd work if you dipped them in wax for storage. Great video!

I LOVE this! We are blessed with TONS of fat woof here in central Wa. I am "DIY junkie" on Bushcraft USA.

Thanks for the tip. I have to try that too. It was fun to watch again! Thanks for showing greetings from Austria and Stay healthy Dave! Tom!

Dave, great idea, great video!!!

Hi Dave, great seeing your approach, I like using a Forstner bit rather than a flat bit on my slow Pillar drill, it creates shavings rather than the flat bit which makes more dust, also my planer thicknesser makes great shavings once you push the pieces in the right way for the grain to come off right...the benefit of your method is you could simply take out in the wild an eyed auger, improvise a t bar from a good hardwood stick and gradually process your own dust, looking forward to the next vid!

I followed your instructions exactly, but it doesn't taste like swiss cheese. What am I doing wrong?

Absolutely cool video! Thanks for all you do!

Great idea David!

You could probably cook up a feast with the fatwood wafers and dust alone, save making a huge fire if you don't need one.

Ho hum, here's another youtube fatwood processing shmocessing vide... (13 to 16 minutes in) ...o... what's he up to here with a drill motor and paddle bit... SON-OF-A... Look at the fatwood dust he's makin' !!!! Now what could b so great about a swiss cheese pine tree cookie!?!?! And at 19:42 we have a campfire starting BLOW TORCH out of fatwood!!!!!!!!! Damn cuz, I'm glad I stuck with the video, I'da lost out if I hadn't seen this! Talk about'yer startin' a fire in the rain!

That’s great Dave. Great stuff. Thanks for showing us. Take care.

Dude, you are the man that is just awesome. I have never thought of using Fatwood that way. That is a fantastic idea. Thanks for showing that.

Hey David, cool tip. I have several good-sized chunks of fatwood and I've been wonderin' how to turn some of them into dust without goin' into manual labor with a wood rasp. There is no fatwood around here, the stash I've got was sent to me by friends in California and Canada. I think the Canadian fatwood is better. Do you think that the cold weather up there has anything to do with it? Stay well and I'll talk at ya' later.

This was fun to watch... thanks Dave.

Excellent as always

Thanks Dave for sharing this, love how it makes fast work of shavings/dust and a great fire disc as well. Have a great weekend guys

Very interesting. Thanks for the video Dave. 👍

As always, well done!

Great stuff, as usual, Dave. That's a great trick to know. Thanks!!

Awesome , thanks Dave. Really enjoy Your videos .

Thanks David for the video.

Thank you like always. I watched everyone of your videos

I love watching your videos because I always learn something new. :) Once again, you didn't disappoint ! Thank you.

That was awesome my friend!!Cheers!!

This was absolutely fascinating to watch. Thank you so much!

Good job, Dave ! Been looking forward all day to see you new upload. you never disappoint , Thankyou .

Another fin video Dave. Thank you

I love this, so satisfying! Thanks Dave👍

Dave, haven’t been on RU-vid in awhile. I’ve found fat wood in the past but someone decided to throw my pine knots away…(my honey) sooo I’m going out again to locate some and decided to do some vid-search, you came up and I believe I commented before but the best thing you do is make me smile and laugh.. your have an infectious personality, thanks !

Another great video. really enjoy your channel. thanks!

Good morning glad your well and as always another great tutorial

Yet again. Genius. Truly inspirational. Keep it up snd many thanks. Peter.

Great video, thank you David.

Great video ! Thanks for sharing

That was great Dave 👍

Dave, Another Outstanding Video !! Always great idea's 👍thanks..

Thanks Dave, have a GREAT weekend ! TAKE CARE..

excellent video mate, very informative

Another great one...definitely gonna go out and look for some!

Excellent method Dave! Thanks for sharing.

Another one of your videos to add to my favorite list lol! Neat trick and very very cool. I have got to try this. Thanks

Great tip. I never would have thought of this.

That was awesome! Thanks for sharing that, I learned some things even about finding it and collecting it that I didn't get from other videos. Pretty cool!

Very cool Dave 👍👍 Thanks, take care, and God bless ✌️

Love your tips.

Great idea Dave! I learned something new. Always a good thing. Thanks brother. Stay safe.

Thank You Dave, you always amaze me with your Bushcraft knowledge, this is one trick I will be using very soon.

Dave, another mind blower! Outstanding!!! Love it I’m going to try this! 👊🏽🙂

That was truly a great idea Dave, you always seem to impress me. Cheers my friend.

Awesome video

You Rock Dave, I really enjoy your video's, your always thinking man. Great stuff 👍😎

Thank you very much for creating this channel to share with us. Fire is Fun.

What an awsome idea man thanks I never would have thought of that

Innovative ideas. Thank you for sharing. Always great videos.

great video as always

I just finished watching vids on the community portion of your website. Saw some really interesting stuff and some good pics of yall. Looking forward to your next video.

Thank you for showing this excellent method, very much appreciated. Top man 👌

Wow! Very helpful and cool!

I'm a fire investigator. And that is an excellent demo of fire, growth, behavior and flame progression.

Another great video Dave. I like how nothing goes to waste with your fat wood processing.

I've been binge watching you since i found your stuff the other day. You're informative and to the point, but keep it light and engaging. Keep them coming ! New subscriber !

Great idea… I’ll definitely be using this in the future, thanks for posting 👍

Always learning cool tricks and make life just a little better !!! Thanks Dave!! Take care and stay safe my friend !!!

That is an ingenious method of processing fat wood! Love it!! Thanks Dave!