I found a use for......

[ricktrojanowski]

Osage shavings.

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[bryan irwin]

cool looks like that works good

[mullet]

 Looks like a good use, Rick. I have a bag full of Heart Pine dust and cattail fluff mixed for the same thing.

[cowboy]

Cool Rick! I need to learn how to do that!!

[Josh]

awesome Rick, that is next on my list of things to learn!  Thanks for sharing!    -josh

[aero86]

thats neat.  when i was scrapping my red oak bow, i would sweep the shavings and just throw little hand fulls on the fire in my chimenea (or whatever you call it) and watch it flame up.  pretty neat stuff

[Ryano]

I save them up in grain bags for kindling. It works better than anything else I've found. 

[Pat B]

I use it for starting our wood stove.
  Rick, you need to do a class at the Classic for a few of us.

[ricktrojanowski]

I use it for starting our wood stove.
  Rick, you need to do a class at the Classic for a few of us.

I'm pretty sure I'm coming down.   If I do,  I'd love to do a little class.  Hopefully it will be a little drier this time.

[Pappy]

Sweet,that stuff will really go up,thats for sure. Hope you can make it.
   Pappy

[Parnell]

Just did that with Hackberry shavings about 2 weeks ago!  That is fun...

[Jesse]

Looks like it works good. I have a ball of bamboo fibers I plan to do the same with. I'm pretty sure it will work great as well. I haven't made a hand drill fire in a few months now. I'm gonna get a blister for sure on the next one You should teach a class at the classic. If I learned it from you then anyone can. I can see it now. Everyone exhausted and holding their blistered hands in pain

[Cacatch]

Thanks for sharing. What is it that you put on top of the shavings to get them going? I can see that you worked the stick in the cedar board til it got hot, but I'm confused on how you transfered that heat to the shavings?

Thanks

[Jesse]

Thanks for sharing. What is it that you put on top of the shavings to get them going? I can see that you worked the stick in the cedar board til it got hot, but I'm confused on how you transfered that heat to the shavings?

Thanks

Thanks for sharing. What is it that you put on top of the shavings to get them going? I can see that you worked the stick in the cedar board til it got hot, but I'm confused on how you transfered that heat to the shavings?

Thanks

a coal develops in the notch on the side of the board. Once you get the coal glowing you just take the board away and scoop up the coal with a knife and set it in the shavings.

[Cacatch]

Gotcha        Aren't there alternative methods of doing it as well, such as tucking some tinder down in the hole as you drill? I've never done this before or even seen it done, that's why I'm curious. I do want to try it someday though.