Strike anywhere matches

[Stargazer]

If youre looking for strike anywhere matches I found some at Ace Hardware.I paid $1.79 for a 250ct box.They are the Diamond brand.I don't know if they are as good as the old Ohio Blue tips were.I hope this helps someone.

[Camp10]

I hadnt seen them for quite a while but have noticed a few places selling them again. I thought I remembered a ban on making strike anywhere matches once apon a time...was that the case or did they just loose popularity for a while?

[Justin Case]

Ohio Blue tip "strike anywhere" No Longer Made,,

It looks like ALL strike anywhere matches have a mandatory $26.00 Haz mat charge when shipped, ya dont want to buy them online

I looked around on the web, everybody says the "Diamond" brand sucks compared to the old "Ohio Blue Tips" (but its the only ones you can find other than "storm Matches".

*note, you can still get Ohio Blue tip "strike on box" kitchen matches.

[crashdive123]

I guess it depends on what part of the country your are looking for them. Around here, grocery stores carry them.

[wareagle69]

waz goona say i gots me like 10 boxes which is a few yrs supply, thats like 2500 fires, around here they sell them everywhere, ifn ya'll need some just send a pm

[Sarge47]

Both Ace Hardware & Farm King carry then here. They're about $1.29 at Farm King.

[nell67]

Where I work,we carry Diamond brand now,3 250 count boxes for $2.29

I bought some of them,and they work on everything I have tried striking them against so far.

I checked ebay,and saw a waterproof tube with BLUE TIP (32 count) going for $4.99

edit: seller says FREE shipping on those matches

[SARKY]

What the heck happened that Ohio Blue Tip matches aren't made anymore??? Gods it's like we don't make anything anymore and when we do it's crap!

[Sarge47]

I checked ebay,and saw a waterproof tube with BLUE TIP (32 count) going for $4.99

edit: seller says FREE shipping on those matches

Must be a fire sale!

[Rick]

Actually, they were bought out by Jarden Home Brands out of Daleville, Indiana who also owns a whole bunch of other companies like Ball Canning, Bicycle and Bee Playing cards, Bionare, Coleman, Sunbeam, Oster, First Alert, Pine Mountain, Mr. Coffee and a bunch more. They're a big company.

Here's a list of places you should be able to find Diamond Strike Anywhere matches.

Ace Hardware
Albertsons
Big Lots
Bi Mart
CVS
Demoulas
Do It Best
Family Dollar
Food Lion
Fred's
Golub Corp
Hannaford
Harris-Teeter

HEB
Home Depot
Ingles Market
K Mart
Kroger
Lowes
Meijer
Menards
Metro Rich
Mills Fleet Farm
Nash Finch
Publix
Sobey's
Spartan
SuperValu

Target
Tree Of Life
Truserv
Wakefern
Wal-mart
Wegmans
Winn-Dixie
Zellers

[Stargazer]

Smokes thats a list and a half. And here I thought I had stumbled accross something. No harm no foul I guess.

[Rick]

No, no. Good thread. Six months ago I was looking all over Heck's half acre looking for them. Diamond's web site has been updated since then. That list wasn't on it before. I'm sure there's others on here trying to find them.

[2dumb2kwit]

About a year ago, a friend of mine and I were talking about never seeing strike anywhere matches anymore. I started looking for them, and the only place I found them around here, was at Ace Hardware. LOL

[kyratshooter]

What the heck happened that Ohio Blue Tip matches aren't made anymore??? Gods it's like we don't make anything anymore and when we do it's crap!

The old Blue Tips had too much phospate in them. You could cut the heads off, soak them in denatured alcahol and make detonators out of them. You could grind the rest of the head and soak it in alcahol, mix it with some other farm and garden supplies and produce some truely good quality stuff.

Even the new modified ones are good enough to make priming compound for rebuilding primers and making "brown powder" for reloading.

[AirborneEagles]

If youre looking for strike anywhere matches I found some at Ace Hardware.I paid $1.79 for a 250ct box.They are the Diamond brand.I don't know if they are as good as the old Ohio Blue tips were.I hope this helps someone.

Good to throw in the Magnifying glass (they are .99 cents at Harbor Freight or from a drug store or pop some lenses out of some reading glasses) just in case those matches run out. Starts fires over and over again, never wears out and you can pack it with you in your bug out gear since a reading eye lense or magnifying glass weights almost nothing. A sure fire starter and save the matches for night (or rain) when there is no sun.

[SARKY]

If we were simply looking for a sure fire way to start a fire, I am sure the concensus would be one of the many fire steels available, for day or night fire starting.

[aflineman]

Good to throw in the Magnifying glass (they are .99 cents at Harbor Freight or from a drug store or pop some lenses out of some reading glasses) just in case those matches run out. Starts fires over and over again, never wears out and you can pack it with you in your bug out gear since a reading eye lense or magnifying glass weights almost nothing. A sure fire starter and save the matches for night (or rain) when there is no sun.

Hard to light an oil lamp or a wood stove with a magnifying glass. Those are the two main reasons I buy matches for. Plus, most of the year a magnifying glass would do me not good in the woods to start a fire. Rains pert neart every day.

I actually ran across a box of Ohio Blue tips here the other day. It was at an antique store. She wanted $50 for the box.
Needless to say, I did not buy them.
I do keep a lookout at garage sales and such. I have found a couple of boxes. Those get sealed-up and saved.

[SARKY]

Think we could start a campaign to bring back the Ohio Blue tip matches?

[crashdive123]

If we were simply looking for a sure fire way to start a fire, I am sure the concensus would be one of the many fire steels available, for day or night fire starting.

No self respecting man would light his torch with anything but a wooden match when carrying his pitchfork.

[lucznik]

Ohio Blue Tips were awesome. You could practically light those by striking them on water - which is, of course, why they are now outlawed. Too much liability involved.

I am pretty sure strike-anywhere matches are outlawed in Kalifornia. At least, the box of Diamond mini-strike anywhere matches I bought at my local grocery store recently has a warning on them about not taking them into Kalifornia.