Originally Posted by cisco1

Always gotta have some matches in yer pocket, always.


I've been carrying in my pocket my old faithful ZIPPO with the opening tightly sealed with a rubber band I cut from a bicycle tube, for many years. The rubber band keeps it dry.

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I've tested it three different times by leaving it in a jar of water for two hours. When the band is removed the lighter fires up with the first strike and has a clean flame. Works for me in all kinds of weather.

L.W.



"Always go straight forward, and if you meet the devil, cut him in two and go between the pieces." (William Sturgis, clipper ship captain, 1830s.)