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5/12/2025, 1:17:57 PM
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I have made thousands of fires in Appalachia. I start with the very small dead twigs found at the bottom of cedar and southern pine trees. These twigs are no larger in diameter than a pencil lead.
I increase the size of wood slowly as the fire takes. Sticks the diameter of a pencil then perhaps 1/2 inch in diameter , stepping up slowly until I can use large diameter logs to sustain the fire.
I have used folding saws as well as hatchets to process firewood. Very rarely do I use a knife to process firewood.
In my experience, you are overstating the difficulty of finding usable firewood in Appalachia.
>You're not making a useful fire unless you can find a thick branch suspended off the ground 4" or more in diameter with dry wood in the middle,
I will use these dead branches but in my experience it is not accurate to say there is not plenty of useable firewood of the same size on the ground that is not rotten. Trees fall across other trees and are kept dry and off the ground.
You can find a fallen oak tree limb or tree top that will provide all of the wood you need for multiple days. I am not even thinking of the areas of Appalachia that have experienced strong storms and will have an acre of blowdown.
That is all I am saying is that I think you are overstating the difficulty of building and maintaining a fire in Appalachia.
I have made thousands of fires in Appalachia. I start with the very small dead twigs found at the bottom of cedar and southern pine trees. These twigs are no larger in diameter than a pencil lead.
I increase the size of wood slowly as the fire takes. Sticks the diameter of a pencil then perhaps 1/2 inch in diameter , stepping up slowly until I can use large diameter logs to sustain the fire.
I have used folding saws as well as hatchets to process firewood. Very rarely do I use a knife to process firewood.
In my experience, you are overstating the difficulty of finding usable firewood in Appalachia.
>You're not making a useful fire unless you can find a thick branch suspended off the ground 4" or more in diameter with dry wood in the middle,
I will use these dead branches but in my experience it is not accurate to say there is not plenty of useable firewood of the same size on the ground that is not rotten. Trees fall across other trees and are kept dry and off the ground.
You can find a fallen oak tree limb or tree top that will provide all of the wood you need for multiple days. I am not even thinking of the areas of Appalachia that have experienced strong storms and will have an acre of blowdown.
That is all I am saying is that I think you are overstating the difficulty of building and maintaining a fire in Appalachia.
2/26/2025, 1:53:15 PM
I /out/ a lot with an old school Zippo lighter. I carry extra fuel and flints for it.
Disposable lighters are so unreliable that you need a minimum of 2 or three. A Zippo allows you to start the flame and set it down next to your tinder to start a fire. Not having to hold the button as you do with disposable lighters is a big plus if you are in wet or damp conditions.
Disposable lighters are so unreliable that you need a minimum of 2 or three. A Zippo allows you to start the flame and set it down next to your tinder to start a fire. Not having to hold the button as you do with disposable lighters is a big plus if you are in wet or damp conditions.
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