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![[Linked Image]](http://www.worldfms.com/images/camping/4028ab.jpg) Strike anywhere wooden safety matches Ideal for all outdoor activities I have seen strike anywhere at Safeway up here, never paid much attention to what brand, I still have a box at home somewhere, could not tell you the brand, but they are pretty old ones. They work well.
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Mr. Partsman;
Thank you kindly sir, that would be them!
All the best to you from the south Okanagan this morning.
Regards,
Dwayne
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Fire is dangerous, too dangerous for civilian use. Hain't y'all never heard of spontaneous combustion. You just pile up your sticks and wait for them to catch on fire by themselves.
Seriously though, I've got a medicine bottle crammed full of Stike-anywheres in my truck for emergencies. Thats the emergency that occurs after all the lighters I've got scattered around have run out of butane. I have some others that I keep in the boat that are water proof. I can't recall the brand but they have a big blue and white head covered in a waxy type varnish. They strike and burn very well but are a bit pricy for keeping laying around the kitchen but I guess if they light they're better than Diamonds.
Alan
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My memories of those matches involve a Daisy BB gun. Dropped into the muzzle (with no BBs loaded) they are a hoot when fired against any solid surface. Just don't shoot at a rock in a weed field.
But I won't say how I know that!
Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult.
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I remember doing that!
Not to hijack but have you ever put a match to Magnesium dust, What a sight,ask me how I know.
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I always keep my matches in a baggy whether in a tent or trailer or? Moisture will kill them. That being said. You can't find any strikde anywhere matches around here. I'm down to two boxes. I hear you can still find them in Amish country
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assuming you could still see afterward.... 
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Run for your life,surrender or stand up and fight!
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My memories of those matches involve a Daisy BB gun. Dropped into the muzzle (with no BBs loaded) they are a hoot when fired against any solid surface. Just don't shoot at a rock in a weed field.
But I won't say how I know that! Light anywhere matches shot from a pneumatic pellet gun at right angles into a concrete wall at close range, and they will make a nice loud bang. Ah, the stuff kids do.
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Even though they're a bit pricey, $5.00 for a small box, Stormproof matches by REI are the best I've encountered. They light first strike, won't blow out and even if immersed in water, they'll relight once removed from water.
Perhaps too pricey to use around camp but they've always worked for me out in the woods. They, along with a metal match, is what we also carry in our Search and Rescue packs.
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Is it just me, or has the quality and dependability of Diamond strike anywhere matches gone to hell in the last 2 years? I used to put 8 or 10 in my pocket on outings with full confidence they could be used to get a fire going. Now it seems only 1 out of 10 will ignite, even for those left in the wall tent overnight and run across the striker. I think they have degraded the amount and chemistry of the tip, and most just seem to sputter.
Is there another obscure brand or source that still work? Much as I hate carrying things with moving parts or fluids, I will likely switch to packing Bic lighters and maybe a flint and steel.
If one knows of another good source, please post it. I want good boxes of simple matches. Not the $5.00 pack of a dozen or so wax dipped versions that are marketed as water proof.
Just my rant, 1Minute Get yourself a magnesium rod with a flint rod attached. Takes some time to scrape off a little pile of the magnesium shavings, but then you just spark it with your knife and flint and it goes up in flames on your kindling and wood shavings, then some tinder, etc., and you have a fire. ![[Linked Image]](http://z.about.com/d/4wheeldrive/1/7/M/-/-/-/Flint-and-Steel.jpg)
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Strike-anywhere matches are easy to find online. Amazon carries a number of different brands. The problem is getting them delivered. They have to be labeled as hazmat and UPS charges an exorbitant fee for them. It's a rip because their added cost for handling them is almost nil.
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Strike-anywhere matches are easy to find online. Amazon carries a number of different brands. The problem is getting them delivered. They have to be labeled as hazmat and UPS charges an exorbitant fee for them. It's a rip because their cost for handling them is almost nil. the high cost isnt in handling them, the high cost is incase the worst happens and they ignite and everyone elses packages in the back of the truck go up in flames....
A serious student of the "Armchair Safari" always looking for Africa/Asia hunting books
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Strike-anywhere matches are easy to find online. Amazon carries a number of different brands. The problem is getting them delivered. They have to be labeled as hazmat and UPS charges an exorbitant fee for them. It's a rip because their cost for handling them is almost nil. the high cost isnt in handling them, the high cost is incase the worst happens and they ignite and everyone elses packages in the back of the truck go up in flames.... They charge the same fee for stuff that won't ignite. I spent 18 years working for an LTL carrier. The extra cost was built into the freight rates but it was nowhere near as high as what UPS charges.
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I knew that as soon at it really got going it was going to melt the glass.
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Looks like my cooking. Hard to watch, though, with the #$%^&* popup ads. They're getting by Firefox's popup blocker.
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
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Texas Hunter, tease the steel wool into a loose strand long enough to reach the two poles of the battery. Arrange your tinder and other fire materials, because after you touch the steel wool to the battery, it will burn quickly.
A 9-volt batt works much better. Put the steel wool under everything else, then stick the battery under the pile until you get a connection. Whoosh. Yup, 9v works much better than the 1.5v C and D cell batteries, plus its lighter. And in reference to doing fun things with matches...did you know if you take a tennis ball or other small hollow ball, and make an opening in it and fill it with the match heads of the good strike anywhere matches till its packed real good, seal the opening then throw it really hard against a wall or other solid object, it effectively becomes a small grenade? 
Craig R. Collier
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My memories of those matches involve a Daisy BB gun. Dropped into the muzzle (with no BBs loaded) they are a hoot when fired against any solid surface. Just don't shoot at a rock in a weed field.
But I won't say how I know that! Been there, done that
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