splitting super cedar starters

[staplebox]

Is the East coast private label company a brick and mortar store I could walk into or internet based?

 

[staplebox]

Is the East coast private label company a brick and mortar store I could walk into or internet based?

Never mind, I just ordered some. I've read about these here before but I didn't realize they could REPLACE kindling and newspaper. I don't mind splitting firewood but the kindling kills me.

I was going to guess Bean.

 

[fossil]

...I've read about these here before but I didn't realize they could REPLACE kindling and newspaper. I don't mind splitting firewood but the kindling kills me.

Well, good luck. The way I use 'em (1/4 puck per fire start) they most certainly replace newspaper, but I still use some kindling. You'll figger it out, I'm sure. Rick

 

[fossil]

...Oh no, did I ask another ridiculous question. I gotta stop doing that. Thanks for reminding me!

:lol:

 

[brokeburner]

how do u get a sample of those golden starters

 

[fossil]

how do u get a sample of those golden starters

Send an email to Thomas and tell him you're a member here.

http://www.supercedar.com/

 

[madrone]

So far I can usually break them by hand, but if I'm hungover: I hold it down firmly on the stove top, half off the edge, press down on the overhanging half. Once it's halved, the rest breaks easily. I've been using quarters and kindling, but I may have to try a whole one without kindling.

 

[Summertime]

Fiskars would work way better..LOL!!

8lb sledge and a wedge. works every time. :coolsmirk:

 

[greythorn3]

chuck norris doesnt need to split supercedars, he just stares at them tell they split themselves and jump in the wood stove.

 

[budman]

i just put one in a zip loc baggie and snap it in 1/2 then snap that in half again works fine and contains the crumbs

heck you could toss it in a zip loc and hit it on the the corner of say your counter top too

Thanx Steve,that bag thing works great.

 

[webbie]

Cut yourself once with that box cutter and you've lost all your savings!

I break 'em over a workbench by hand. Then again, I have strong hands.

 

[ckdeuce]

Really.... 2 pages on this subject. I love this site! No harm intended. I've got some good ones out there also.

 

[phil san]

Put them in the freezer. They break easily after frozen. Just make sure you use the right ones because they look just like frozen hamburgers!

 

[JimmyMood]

Keep them in the plastic to contain the mess, then I just press the middle against the edge of my raised hearth with my two palms on the outer circumference. Splits in half no problem, then I rotate 90 degrees and repeat for four pieces. I remember the Super Cedars I ordered last year had one deep score down the middle, these have two much shallower scores in a cross.

 

[ashpanannie]

Wow....I've had no trouble at all snapping them in half or even less with my hands. Then again, I have been breaking large sized dog bones in half for years. I think, like splitting wood, it is velocity rather than strength that matters

 

[bbc557ci]

The pucks are sawdust held together with wax. They are easily broken by hand along the 1/4 lines. Heck I have no problem breaking then in quarters even at my tender age of 58 :lol: Anyways... what I've started doing is setting them on a cutting board and poking them along the lines with a utility knife to get a relatively clean break. But before breaking them, I poke them again, between the lines. That way I get 8 pieces from each puck. I leave them in the plastic wrapper during the poking process. After they are poked, I place them in a plastic bag, then break them along the lines, and the plastic wrapper comes off easily.

Ok, yeah I'm cheap. But, other than maybe once or twice, 1/8th of a puck does a good job of getting the fire going for me

 

[LLigetfa]

chuck norris doesnt need to split supercedars, he just stares at them tell they split themselves and jump in the wood stove.

Put them in the freezer. They break easily after frozen.

I could get my wife to give them the "look". That icy stare should freeze and split them.

 

[LLigetfa]

...what I've started doing is setting them on a cutting board and poking them along the lines with a utility knife to get a relatively clean break. But before breaking them, I poke them again, between the lines. That way I get 8 pieces from each puck. I leave them in the plastic wrapper during the poking process.

If you leave them in the shrink wrap, how can you see the lines? They are hidden under the label.

I ordered the green ones without shrink wrap.

 

[gyrfalcon]

Thomas, I hope you realize from the posts here that breaking them is a pretty ridiculous chore-- tools, plastic bags, good grief! I should say, too, that breaking them is particularly a problem for us gals, who tend not to have such strong hands as the guys do.

A really, really good solution would be if the scoring could just be a little bit deeper. Any chance of that?

(Your product absolutely rocks, and the speed and simplicity of your order fulfillment is as good as it gets. You'll have my business forever in any case, but I'd sure appreciate it if the durn things were easier to break.)

 

[bbc557ci]

...what I've started doing is setting them on a cutting board and poking them along the lines with a utility knife to get a relatively clean break. But before breaking them, I poke them again, between the lines. That way I get 8 pieces from each puck. I leave them in the plastic wrapper during the poking process.

If you leave them in the shrink wrap, how can you see the lines? They are hidden under the label.

I ordered the green ones without shrink wrap.

LLig - The ones I ordered last year have no label on the plastic. The 1/4 lines are clearly visible.

gyrfalcon - If you use a utility knife to poke the puck along the lines they break very easily. Starting at the center, I stab the puck the depth of the blade, about every 3/4 to 1 inch or so. Boring, but effective ;o)

 

[LLigetfa]

I should say, too, that breaking them is particularly a problem for us gals, who tend not to have such strong hands as the guys do.

Pook posted a suggestion on his (her?) blog to warm them up first and they cut like a hot knife through butter.

 

[THEMAN]

Thomas, I hope you realize from the posts here that breaking them is a pretty ridiculous chore-- tools, plastic bags, good grief! I should say, too, that breaking them is particularly a problem for us gals, who tend not to have such strong hands as the guys do.

A really, really good solution would be if the scoring could just be a little bit deeper. Any chance of that?

(Your product absolutely rocks, and the speed and simplicity of your order fulfillment is as good as it gets. You'll have my business forever in any case, but I'd sure appreciate it if the durn things were easier to break.)

No need for deeper lines you just have to get a Super Cedar Cutter. https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/48263/

 

[gyrfalcon]

...what I've started doing is setting them on a cutting board and poking them along the lines with a utility knife to get a relatively clean break. But before breaking them, I poke them again, between the lines. That way I get 8 pieces from each puck. I leave them in the plastic wrapper during the poking process.

If you leave them in the shrink wrap, how can you see the lines? They are hidden under the label.

I ordered the green ones without shrink wrap.

LLig - The ones I ordered last year have no label on the plastic. The 1/4 lines are clearly visible.

gyrfalcon - If you use a utility knife to poke the puck along the lines they break very easily. Starting at the center, I stab the puck the depth of the blade, about every 3/4 to 1 inch or so. Boring, but effective ;o)

Thanks. I do something like that, but life would be easier if I could just easily break one when I need it without having to use tools or plastic bags! It's one of those tiny time and effort wasters that get more irritating as life goes on. With a smal stove, I need to start fresh every morning or any time I'm away from the house for more than a couple hours, so it looms larger for me than it otherwise might.

 

[gyrfalcon]

Thomas, I hope you realize from the posts here that breaking them is a pretty ridiculous chore-- tools, plastic bags, good grief! I should say, too, that breaking them is particularly a problem for us gals, who tend not to have such strong hands as the guys do.

A really, really good solution would be if the scoring could just be a little bit deeper. Any chance of that?

(Your product absolutely rocks, and the speed and simplicity of your order fulfillment is as good as it gets. You'll have my business forever in any case, but I'd sure appreciate it if the durn things were easier to break.)

No need for deeper lines you just have to get a Super Cedar Cutter. https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/48263/

Hah! Super! I missed that thread somehow. I get mine without the wrappers, but the crumbs should be easy to deal with on a piece of newspaper. I can make one of those. Thanks very much!

 

[Cearbhaill]

I either have wussy firestarters or strong hands because I can break them easily and I'm a girl.