Originally Posted By: dweste
Re pine stump: what specifically do you do to get relatively dry tinder?


You get the pitch wood.

An easy route to see what I mean is find an old one but not decaying and hit it with the pointy side of a pick axe. It should split and you can pull out slivers from 1/4" to probably 1/2" that stuff will light like a candle and burn a good amount of time too... you can also sliver it up and make lil tinder flakes for taking a spark too.

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