Getting back to our original story line;
5 parts pitch
1 part beeswax (tallow can replace this-available from your butcher)
1 part filler (wood dust, ash, metal dust, etc)
I use ground charcoal for the filler. I cook down dirty crusty barky pine pitch in a tin can with holes punched in the bottom and catch the strained drippings in another tin can. Then add beeswax and then the filler, stirring with a clean split stick. I let the mixture cool some and then I dip clean sticks in it (popcicle sized) till they load up with dollops of the resin, sorta like making tallow candles. These can be stored forever, carried on a trip, etc. When you need hot glue, heat everything before the fire, get that glue stick to dripping, and apply to the surfaces as needed.
I don't remember where I borrowed this idea from, maybe an archer, resin glue was used to attach flint arrowheads , but I like the way he cooks down the resin through holes in the can, that would save a lot of picking out trash and the way he stores it on a popsicle stick.
I seem to remember Mr. Goo adding some sort of critter dung to his recipe. Maybe if Tai happens by he will chime in......Randy