Any wood, highly degraded, and pre-punk works great for a hand drill fire board. We've all heard that Trumpet Vine, Willow, Cedar, Mulberry, Cottonwood, Basswood, etc make great fire boards, but even they will work better if slightly degraded.
I wanted to show you what I look for when searching the woods for an ideal fire board... Let me show you this great Tulip Poplar specimen that I found just the other day. Please SUBSCRIBE at the end of the video. Thanks!
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