Burn of the Day

[Oudamberlove]

Fired-up some Half/Slow Sink Filipino Agarwood from OudHub (@etsy)

Highly resinated pieces which will make you say oooooooooooo
eye candy for sure!

but the aroma is a mixed lot
that ranges from excellent 🙂
to unsatisfactory🙁

 

[Mr.P]

I am interested in the aspects of heated wood chips other people find unappealing given my issues with how I perceive the agarwood “after stink.”

My wife also doesn’t like it when I burn agarwood because it leaves an unpleasant after smell. I’m wondering if all of my wood just sucks?

Oudamberlove - What unsatisfactory notes did you specifically detect in the woods you were describing in the previous post?

 

[Mr.P]

Hi elevation Pine resin collected on the slopes of Mount Hood. Very unusual clear bright scent unlike other pine sap that I’ve burned in the past.

Grega, I was thinking of your experiments with lichen and resin / sap when I was collecting this!

 

[Oudamberlove]

[QUOTE="Mr.P, post: 47878, member:

Oudamberlove - What unsatisfactory notes did you specifically detect in the woods you were describing in the previous post?[/QUOTE]

I was referring to the aroma, note any note in particular. Excellent...meaning pleasant aroma and plenty of it......Unsatisfactory.....meaning not pleasant aroma/ lack of pleasant aroma.

It was only a quick session, got the chips in the mail then had to jet to work. When I get a chance to explore them some more, then I will post more details.

 

[amanitamusc]

I started the day out with Kevin's Kinam.Then moved on with AH Mindanao Malaki and this particular piece was black and I use some very small clippings from my nail clipper. It was burned on low heat and smelled like burned tire in the best way so sweet.This wood is such a fun mix . I have been isolating the different chunks as I lightly warm them for the next time.

 

[Mr.P]

Burning sandalwood chips (from Magnifincense in Singapore, probably ca. 2005 or 2006). Really nice wood!

This is my latest home made subitism style burner, this one made of soapstone. Variable voltage power supply, it can range from just barely warm enough to release a scent up to full on bright red-hot.

 

[EJayB]

Love your heater!

 

[Mr.P]

Thanks. I’m pleased with the outcome! It is quite heavy which keeps it stable and dissipates heat. The block doesn’t get much above lukewarm, even with extended use. Not at all finicky, unlike the other homemade burners I have put together

Got together with some friends today and burned a bunch of different aloes woods. We just set the block in the middle of the table and sprinkled different things on it all afternoon. The coil is flush with the top so I can lay a very large sheet of mica across the top which covers the whole top surface. Easy to add and remove pinches / mix up chipped mixtures right on the heater.


Here’s a pic that shows the oversized mica sheet. Keeps melted resin away from the wires of the heating coil.

 

[amanitamusc]

That is a nice looking subitism Mr.P Very solid and functional. Great Job!

 

[Mr.P]

Thanks

 

[IbnRIbnAAIbnA]

From Russian Adam, Sri Lanka chips:
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Today’s Burn:
Hindi Sidiq from Sultanul Oud
purchased 5 years ago
Gently heated it reminds me of EO Assam 3000 and IO Kushiara, honey and fruity, then when I turned up the heat a little more, I got hit with BAM! Raspberry Jam! like I just opened a jar and a lot of Raspberry Jam aroma escapes, didn’t last very long, so I turned up the heat more, caramel and wood, then a little more, smoky incense. I left the room for a minute, when I returned........Glorious
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Not high grade, but smells great. These two chips is all I have, wish I got more, but I was new to oudh back then and didn’t know any better..

Do you use an electric burner so you can up the heat. If so which one

 

[Oudamberlove]

Do you use an electric burner so you can up the heat. If so which one

I use the Shoyeido heater

 

[Mr.P]

That looks like a great burner. How hot can you get it? Will it actually ignite something on high temp?

 

[EJayB]

Today I started with various types of Vietnamese, got lost in that for a while before moving on to some sinking Filipino from Habzoud , I have this one piece I’ve been slicing off of that is now so hard at the center that when I cut at it I can only scrape powder off the sides, like carving stone.
Smell is sublime throughout

 

[Oudamberlove]

That looks like a great burner. How hot can you get it? Will it actually ignite something on high temp?

I don’t know what the temperature is on the highest setting, but it can combust wood fibers.
When comparing it to a Subitism, I think a Subitism bakes the chip, while the Shoyeido pan fries the chip. Plus, the Subitism can get hotter quicker with that nice heat radiating glow.

A more convincing theory would be the amount of BTUs. I figure a subitism has the ability to crank out more BTUs, and even more so with a hot coal, a freshly prepared piece of charcoal is bursting at it’s seams with BTUs.

So maybe it is Pan Fry vs Bake vs Barbeque

 

[Mr.P]

That makes sense.

 

[amanitamusc]

Now i'm hungry.

 

[Rasoul Salehi]

Oooooooookay!!

The woods arrived🙂

Habz Baby King Filipino
and
Al Hashimi Mindanao Malaki

Just smelling the baby king at room temperature sent my brain spinning. Not that it is very aromatic, but because the compounds must be psychoactive😕

Could it be a subspecies?
Tons of resin, but not much oil, takes high heat to get the juices flowing. By then the smoke can start to get acrid. Some resin saturated woods are rock hard, this one not so, so why doesn’t the resin melt sooner?
So, forget Mon-koh. But sizzle it and explore the twilight zone of woods. Still has the Filipino butter, and shadows of it’s floral potential but no herbs and spice. The effect is bewildering, exploring finer nuances at a fumigation heat level. I am so looking forward to more sessions. I might even make some sticks from it (in due time)

On to the Mindanao Malaki
A mixed bunch of nuggets they are. Full of resin, with all sorts of shapes and formations.
I tried four different pieces, I got four different results. The first smelled of Sandalwood, super strange because I examined the pieces under magnification and trust me.... no sandalwood here!
The second had a very resinous appeal, hmmmmm ........not bad. The third smelled like the Mindanao oil Adnan. It had more oil and thus perfumed the air better. The fourth had a remarkable amount of oil that even it being small, fumigated the room with copious amounts of white smoke (not acrid like the darker smoke of resin). That piece was reminiscent of the first batch Tawi Tawi chips, which seems to be the best I’ve tried, albeit I never tried Taha’s Filipino wood.
All in all I am very happy to have the Mindanao Malaki. Each session will be a blast checking out the varied profiles. Hopefully, most pieces will be like nugget 3 and 4.

Accurate re malaki. Various grades. The great ones make lip for lesser ones. Overall good buy. My stash at least.

And tahas filipino was extremely oil rich. Not aromatic at room temp but funny enough sings loudly even on very low heat. I shave of course. And use ceramic heater. On subitism I would say a small nug or sliver on 8-8.5 volt would open up and at 9 fully singing. At 10 is now at max speed. 11 is getting acrid yet the scent after left in the room is priceless.

 

[Rasoul Salehi]

Tonight I went all sandalwood starting with shaving off a Tonga log from Ensar and then from a larger log from Tonga acquired from a different vendor, identical scent ( mild) but not identical price.
Next I shaved off a nice Mysore piece of unknown age. Stronger and a bit more buttery. Next some 80’s Mysore from Ensar, super nice with cream and butter. And last a few slivers off an old piece from Indonesia that was a gift from a vendor who had lost an order for a bit and was “making it up” with this gift of old wood from his personal collection. Honestly it’s the best sandalwood I have and I only heat the smallest slivers

There is variation we were not shared with or at least didn’t register for me in this Ensar offering. A rare oversight? In my vast experience I say yes. Anyways. I have two logs of Ensar Tonga. One is white/beige thru and thru. Os mild scent. Nice. Pretty Mysore like. Other is very dark black and also dark brown center. This latter log is the single greatest sandalwood I have seen or tried and trust me when I say it is in hundreds. I didn’t grow up with oud. But did so with sandalwood.

 

[Rasoul Salehi]

Today I received my package of sinking grade wood from Phuoc Son mountain in Quang NAM, it is fully resonated and an amazing looking selection of wood. Smell is nice and lasts a long time bubbling away on the subitisim. It is great wood , it’s just that as I heat it side by side with my non-sinking Quang NAM I am very much in love with my not sinking wood. It is a lighter color not as black but looks just as infected. The sinking cost me 20 a gram and the non-sinking was 12, I have purchased a small amount then a larger amount and now contemplate purchasing a life time supply as my addiction takes over and I immediately fear running out! The bottom piece is non sinking the others are sinking

@Edward jay Bullock Sounds rad. Good find. My latest solid find has been husen’s Soil Filipino wood. Not what I would associate with soil wood but a bad ass wood nonetheless. Monster stuff. Who is the supplier of this piece above?