thanks for all the support everyone your the reason i do these videos

Hi Blackie , greeting from Australia, thank you for your time to make these videos, great haversack,really like the the new additions, have your early one, excellent quality and well worth the price, even with this one.

Yes sir lighter knot is gold! But yeah find an old falled over pine tree or stumps for sure!

100% on the fat wood for handles. When I make a mistake drilling the hole, I use those for pen holders in the garage. They smell good too.

Blackie, I could listen to you read the dictionary! ;) The fact that your content is so interesting and informative is a bonus. Thank you!

@blackoracle69

14 күн бұрын

Wow, thank you!

We appreciate you Blackie and all you do. As of now here in Northeast GA. I'm still waitin on the Rain, I can hear the Thunder and its A-Rollin on but it just ain't quite makin it to me.

@blackoracle69

16 күн бұрын

be safe

Thanks Blackie

@blackoracle69

16 күн бұрын

my pleasure

Thanks for the good tips Blackie. My cousin lives in the sticks in north Florida. He has a bunch of hurricane downed pine trees and sent me a box up here in western WA. Great stuff for up here in the wet, cold, drenched, humid NW.

@blackoracle69

16 күн бұрын

good job

Thank you Blackie for the information about fat wood. I will keep on the lookout for some.

@blackoracle69

16 күн бұрын

safe journeys

I keep a stick of fatwood in my PF M40 cook kit and it also serves as the handle for the top pan.

@blackoracle69

16 күн бұрын

good idea

I have cut lighter pine stumps from the ccc ( civilian conservation corps) in the 1930's that are still full of sap ... I have some in my fire kit right now. Good ideas TNX.

@blackoracle69

16 күн бұрын

they last forever

Take my money!!!

@blackoracle69

16 күн бұрын

you can email me at downndirtywoodscraft@gmail.com to get yours

That’s a great idea, using fatwood for a handle on a tool! And, wow, that was a fantastic piece of fatwood!

@blackoracle69

16 күн бұрын

Thank you very much!

I process my fatwood on a bandsaw , cut it into rectangle strips about 1/2" x 5 " or there about. I cut off the stuff that doesn't have much in it and cut it to length and now I have about 30 pieces of high quality fatwwod strips that should last a long time.

@blackoracle69

16 күн бұрын

good idea

Blackie, I want one of your haversacks new ones.I'll send you the money about August 1st.That's okay give me a holiday

@StevenLaDrig-w1r

2 күн бұрын

Blackie, Do not send haversack the new one to this address.I'll let you know when I'm done moving.Thank you but I am going to send you the money

Thank you for the great advice. I’ve never thought or heard about using Fat Wood as a long match. Brilliant

@blackoracle69

16 күн бұрын

glad to help

Good video and tips Blackie, thanks for sharing YAH bless !

@blackoracle69

16 күн бұрын

My pleasure

Love your videos. I always learn something new. I’m a grey beard and am going to start looking at your videos for us older Bushcrafters. Awesome video.

@blackoracle69

16 күн бұрын

glad to do it and we will be doing more classes for the silver wolves in the future

Piece of a pet food bag for the shavings . Love that lighter pine

@blackoracle69

16 күн бұрын

nice idea

fatwood=lighter wood= heartwood of some species of pine trees. pine resin impregnated wood from stumps and roots. Anytime I see an old stump hole from a pine tree I take a stout stick and probe around trying to find a chunk of the heart wood(resin impregnated remains that did not rot away). I'll take that "knot of lighter wood"" and leave it by my trail for me to pickup on my way back out. Sometimes the hunks of lighter knot can be three feet long and weight a few pounds. Long leaf pine and loblolly pine produce heartwood here in the coastal plain of North Carolina. Old pine lumber harvested in the south 100 plus years ago and shipped north to New England as a building material may be resin impregnated "heartwood". We used to see pine paneling made from heart pine. Fire Departments had a hard time extinguishing fires when heart pine lumber was used as structural, siding or paneling if old warehouses (Tobacco warehouses in my area) or old homes ever caught fire.

@blackoracle69

16 күн бұрын

thanks for the comment

Thanks Blackie, that’s one heck of a piece of fat wood...stay safe my friend

@blackoracle69

16 күн бұрын

safe to you

That's great that the Redhawk Haversack is in production now, Blackie. I hope that there will be more in the future. Thanks for the tips on fatwood. I'll have to look for a big great piece like you have. 👍🏻👍🏻

@blackoracle69

16 күн бұрын

thanks

Blackie , I would like one of your New Haversack I can send you the money the 1st of August.

You ought to sell some of those long pieces of fatlighter, I would buy one, in kansas that's hard to find, we have 1000 oak trees, but not a pine to be found in the wild, only thing I can get are the tiny kindling and that don't work for handles very well, I'm sure I'm not alone wanting a good 2 ft piece or larger.

@blackoracle69

16 күн бұрын

i will think about it

👍👍👍

@blackoracle69

16 күн бұрын

thanks for watching

Funny we are tickled to have a day of no rain except I have to mow the lawn. Pine knots were every here in the old days after the logging clear cutting of the late 19th century. People collected them to get their wood stove or furnace fire going in the mornings. After 100 plus years you have to make new ones.

@blackoracle69

16 күн бұрын

thanks for shareing

Blackie!.. I just want to report, today I was in Allegan, Mi at their end of the month antique show at the fairgrounds. Its the last Sunday of each month, from May to September. Rated top 10 in the U.S. from what I hear. We go a few times every year, today the first for '24.. there were wide brim hats and haversacks of all sorts everywhere! There was not an inexpensive old knife of any make or model to be found. Old hand tools are through the roof as well. However, for $25, I found another '49 down bag and cover, in almost perfect condition !! Keep em coming. I think you reach more people than you know!

@blackoracle69

16 күн бұрын

$25 for a 49 is a great score

@jwgbmp40

16 күн бұрын

@blackoracle69 yes it is. But the one I got up there last year was $10 !

If anyone needs large fatwood pieces I have alot of it thats wild caught from here in MO, I have small all way up to +/- 10 inch diameter lol and its very rich also. I can be contacted thru my youtube channel or my email in my videos description box, if someone is interested pictures wouldnt be a problem and ill work with you the best I can. 👍

@blackoracle69

16 күн бұрын

thanks for doing this

Black are you still got that new have a sack I'd like one

I want one of your red hawk haversack if I can still get one

I found your videos on layers and the m65 to be very helpful. Will you do a video on field shirts?

@blackoracle69

14 күн бұрын

Possibly! i will look into it

@bd3199

14 күн бұрын

Perhaps when it gets cooler in the fall. When I think of field shirts items like a denim shirt, BDU top, or jungle jacket come to mind.

Emailed❤❤

@blackoracle69

16 күн бұрын

thanks

Hey Blackie where do I find info about your wild camp with Scab?

@blackoracle69

14 күн бұрын

if you go to facebook and look up ReWyld Outdoors he is putting on the event

If you'll go buy a roll of tape at lowes or home depot it comes in a plastic round container. Just in case someone wants to know.

@blackoracle69

14 күн бұрын

good idea

Blackie how do I get one of your haversack your new one . Im in California thanks Blackie

@blackoracle69

16 күн бұрын

you can email me at downndirtywoodscraft@gmail.com to get yours

Hey Blackie, when will the waxed canvas be available?

@blackoracle69

16 күн бұрын

they are now you can email me at downndirtywoodscraft@gmail.com to get yours

Blackie, how can I get a hunk of fatwood like that? I live in Minnesota. We have lots of birch but it's obviously not nearly as versatile as fatwood. I've purchased boxes of fatwood slices, but it's been processed beyond what a "raw" hunk can do. Is there a company that actually sells pieces similar to the one that you've shown? I'm keenly interested.

@blackoracle69

16 күн бұрын

i dont know of one but you might try and get someone to mail you some from down here

I'm suffering from fat wood envy, l've never seen anything like that round here 🇨🇦 But we got lots of birch bark & l do find small pieces of fat wood now & then Cheers

@blackoracle69

16 күн бұрын

thanks for watching

This does look really cool. But looking at the pictures, I'm afraid this haversack is a bit too large for someone of my size. I didn't have good luck with shoulder bags that were too large overall.

@blackoracle69

16 күн бұрын

Fair enough!

Put me on the list

@blackoracle69

16 күн бұрын

you can email me at downndirtywoodscraft@gmail.com to get yours

Blackie please add me to the list

@blackoracle69

16 күн бұрын

sure just email me at downndirtywoodscraft@gmail.com

your AI Avatar is getting friendlier every time

@Odian2

17 күн бұрын

Still pretty spooky

@blackoracle69

16 күн бұрын

lol