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Troutfly: Next time I get into Canada, I'll make an effort to stock up. Thanks for the tip.
I'm old, and running short on time. That being, I'm intolerant of failure or anything that wastes my time, so I'm done with the Diamonds. Sad that progress in the USA has to screw up something that worked fine for a 100+ years. I put in an order for a 5 inch flint and steel this morning that I'll pack while hunting. In this instance, I think size matters.
I have some smaller flint and steel units that stay attached to Coleman stoves etc around camp. We demonstrate those to the kids in our hunter safety classes, and they always marvel at their simplicity and how well they work.
I drill a hole in piece of hacksaw blade and lanyard it to each stick. I just can't make myself use a fine knife blade as a scraper/striker.
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I haven't tried 'em myself, so I can't say for sure, but I've heard often that a C-cell battery and a puff of fine steel wool will start a fire anywhere, anytime. Never tried that one! BIC lighters are bullet proof and cheap......add a small firestarter and you'll have a fire even if the wood is soaking wet. Disagree. Bic lighters don't work when the "head" gets wet. Even the water from a wet thumb can put them out of commission till the little roller dries.
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Strike anywheres have been sucking for the past 10 years. I prefer storm matches for those times you gotta get a fire started. ![[Linked Image]](http://media.rei.com/media/745165.jpg)
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I don't trust the lighters either. The Stormproof matches or a flint and steel, along with either dryer lint or cotton balls rolled in vaseline, work every time. Butane lighters rarely work when wet.
I like the magnesium rod idea; I have a little bar stock around here somewhere I might chop a couple pieces off of just for the camp kits.
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Catch a cat walking along a stone or concrete wall,and give it one of those matches from a bb gun,right below it.Sure do jump!
No one could figure out why all our farm cats were so wild
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I haven't tried 'em myself, so I can't say for sure, but I've heard often that a C-cell battery and a puff of fine steel wool will start a fire anywhere, anytime. Never tried that one! BIC lighters are bullet proof and cheap......add a small firestarter and you'll have a fire even if the wood is soaking wet. Disagree. Bic lighters don't work when the "head" gets wet. Even the water from a wet thumb can put them out of commission till the little roller dries. Well, don't get the "head" wet, it's called dry storage!! Or your thumb......it's called wiping it off.
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Ever been to western Oregon in the winter?
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Almost every town has a "tobacco" store. I've found they are generally the best place to buy lighters.
Stay away from the "bics" and buy piezo lighters - first time; every time.
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
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A simple road flare in the saddle bags or pack will greatly surpasss any type of new age fire starter
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A simple road flare in the saddle bags or pack will greatly surpasss any type of new age fire starter Good thought.
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Almost every town has a "tobacco" store. I've found they are generally the best place to buy lighters.
Stay away from the "bics" and buy piezo lighters - first time; every time. Unless your wife puts it through the washing machine  It didn't completely kill it, but it's never worked quite right every since. And anyone who's tried to start a fire in the wet knows, many things just don't quite work, which would be most matches, and bic lighters. Now if you had a fire to dry off the bic you'd be set, but then you wouldn't need the bic.
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Link A man that is handy with his hands can make a compression fire starter and never need to worry about all this other crap. Or if you are all thumbs you can buy one and never worry about matches again.
Thus saith thr lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeh from the lord. Jeremiah 17:5 KJV
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Troutfly:
I drill a hole in piece of hacksaw blade and lanyard it to each stick. I just can't make myself use a fine knife blade as a scraper/striker. I agree with you and think your hacksaw blade idea is a good 'un.
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I remember a tin metal box that held a box of matches. It used to hang on the door sill next to my Grandma's kerosene range. My Grandmother had the same tin boxin the kitchen! 44henry
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Troutfly: Next time I get into Canada, I'll make an effort to stock up. Thanks for the tip.
I'm old, and running short on time. That being, I'm intolerant of failure or anything that wastes my time, so I'm done with the Diamonds. Sad that progress in the USA has to screw up something that worked fine for a 100+ years. I put in an order for a 5 inch flint and steel this morning that I'll pack while hunting. In this instance, I think size matters.
I have some smaller flint and steel units that stay attached to Coleman stoves etc around camp. We demonstrate those to the kids in our hunter safety classes, and they always marvel at their simplicity and how well they work.
I drill a hole in piece of hacksaw blade and lanyard it to each stick. I just can't make myself use a fine knife blade as a scraper/striker. **the wisdom of the ages, baby. learn it or re-learn it. your call... -tom
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Also, my fingers can chill quickly and easily. That is when trying to spin the wheel on a Bic becomes a trick.
+1 on the hacksaw for a flint sparker. They are hard and throw sparks well.
...and save your blade.
Last edited by ironbender; 11/18/09.
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