Origin Outdoors Fatwood 'Maya Stick'

For 3800 years, the Mayans have used natural pine shavings as candles and lighters. The small logs have a high resin content that burns more easily and hotter than paper, wax and other kindling. To start a fire in nature, simply plane off a few chips from the tinder stick with the back of a knife and ignite with the kindling steel. For a short time, the resin rises from the roots into the stump. The stump is split into small pieces by hand. These pieces are sorted by hand and then packed.