Remember when motor vehicles came standard with a cigar/cigarette coiled element lighter?
But I think 50 was the largest ring gauge that would fit?
Remember when motor vehicles came standard with a cigar/cigarette coiled element lighter?
But I think 50 was the largest ring gauge that would fit?
Know why old timers kept matches in the bathroom?
Is this going to be a first person testimonial?Originally Posted by Wildthang
Didn't mind the matches....Hate "Gramma spray...."
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Evoking the 50 year old rule...
First 50 years...worried about the small stuff...second 50 years....Not so much
Member Wahoo Killer knives club....#27
That's why you light the scented candle with a match.
I have never quite understood why matches seem to have gone out or fashion. Growing up, matches were really the only method used to light a fire when camping. The "one match fire" was considered to be a mark of basic competence for a camper or for a person lighting a barbecue grill or fire place. Because I have never smoked, cigarette lighters were never my thing - and the only other major need I had was for the spark lighting gadgets needed to light Bunsen burners.
I somehow missed out on the beginnings of ferrocerium rods as the true mark of an outdoorsman. When working summers in SE Alaska, we always made a noon fire with kitchen matches carried in a match safe, and we had little trouble making fires in that wet environment. Of course, we were give sandwiches wrapped in wax paper, so there was no problem obtaining kindling to start the fires. Now, it seems that a person with a match safe in his pocket must hang his head in shame.
I also have had good luck carrying boxes of safety matches wrapped in a plastic bag - even in the tropical rain forest. These always seemed to stay dry enough to light fires when needed.
Matches are inexpensive and work well. There are also plenty of interesting match safe designs from plated brass to plastic and many other designs. www.matchsafe.org is a website for a group of match safe collectors.
Last edited by Faiaoga; 11-02-2016 at 07:01 PM. Reason: spelling
Not to digress about the usefulness of matches, and the match safes you carry them in, but I have noticed that all the plastic match safes I buy for $.98 at Walmart have a ferrocarbon striker rod embedded in their base. I think it is so you can start a fire when your limited supply of matches runs out.
Matches have fallen out of favor over the years due to their bulk and delicacy.
3,000 lights off a single Bic lighter? That would be about enough matches to fill up a GI ammo can if stacked tightly. And even a Bic lighter will finally dry out if submerged. It just takes a few minutes to dry it out. You get your matches wet and everything is over.
And the spark rod will work when wet, with cold hands, in high winds and no matter what the temperature is.
But like Hunter said, you want a fire starter then hang out with a guy that smokes. And if you really want to see some tricks find a guy that smokes and has been to prison!
I have seen every trick in the book including several that you would never imagine worked out in prisons and detention centers. I have seen people light cigarettes off of batteries and foil from a gum wrapper! Have seen people stick paper clips into the wall plugs and short it out with foil for a light.
If you didn't bring jerky what did I just eat?
I can recall the BSA Camp days of the 2 match fire race....two man teams.
The race was to build a fire the was lit with 2 matches, one match got you bragging rights....build tall and hot enough to burn thru a piece of hemp baling twine.
This involves finding and gathering tinder,.....bigger tinder,.... bigger sticks and than bigger sticks to increase the height and keep burning.....with found materials....except the two matches.
Did not specify what, where, or how to use those materials....just burn thru the twine.
OR walk to marsh, grab several cattail stalks with heads on them....wipe on some pine sap on the way back.....stick in ground...under the twine.
Light sap covered head with match...burn thru twine in a few seconds....or lacking sap....stich one match in cattail head, light with the other.
Were asked to sit out other races...??????
Don't know why?
Geezer Squad....Charter Member #1
Evoking the 50 year old rule...
First 50 years...worried about the small stuff...second 50 years....Not so much
Member Wahoo Killer knives club....#27
When you survived the antarctic waters and pulled yourself ashore on the windward beach, what did you use to strike the tinder to light your fire of unimaginable fuel? How long did it keep you alive? Perhaps I recollect extremes that others should not conceive of???????????????
Most likely died?.....
If not,... Hey Kudo's, buy a lottery ticket .
I try not to have to deal with that.....
Geezer Squad....Charter Member #1
Evoking the 50 year old rule...
First 50 years...worried about the small stuff...second 50 years....Not so much
Member Wahoo Killer knives club....#27
M118lr, Getting washed up on the windward shore of an Antarctic island ranks right up there with a zombie apocalypse and being attacked by a T-rex in my list of expected disasters which will be encountered!
I am going to check out of the BS contest and go play with some matches.
Last edited by kyratshooter; 10-31-2016 at 08:32 PM.
If you didn't bring jerky what did I just eat?
I don't believe I'll ever have to consider it again myself. Mcmurdo, tullee, shemya, etc are no longer on the flight plan. Future travel is probably only Georgia & Florida, so perhaps it is best to leave the past in the past. But should you ever find yourself in such a situation I strongly recommend that you cut out an ice block shelter with the wire saw from your survival tin and use your match to light the triple wick candle. Your still going to be cold, but it gives you something to due until you get rescued.
Hey, they've got that DNA grow stuff so the T-REX problem might not be that far fetched......Oooh. My coffee just vibrated.......
No smarty pants! A burning match got rid of the poop smell! Burning sulfur desensitizes the nose!
Ever wonder how a "Courtesy Flush" got it's name??????
Now if your in the half moon house, better sniff that match prior to entry. LOL.
Talking about matches, going back to the mid 60's, do you remember the match safe for paper matches? I bet you may not unless you were an outdoorsman during that time.
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The name was "Sportsman DRI-PAK Matches", a plastic safe made to keep paper matches from getting damp due to body sweat or rain, but it was not inmertion proof, maybe for a very short while. I used to have several but only this one survived stored in my survival kit of that time preriod ( a large Band-Aid tin wrapped in waterproof tape).
Sorry about the poor quality picture, hre's a close up.
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Wow, haven't seen on of those for a long time.......Thanks for the memories.
After dropping my smokes in the swamp I went to the plastic cigarette....that kept having stuff added to it so ended up as the first PSK I ever made.....and carried another one for the smokes....
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Plastic box left side.......The other left...
Right side....LOL
Last edited by hunter63; 11-07-2016 at 08:16 PM.
Geezer Squad....Charter Member #1
Evoking the 50 year old rule...
First 50 years...worried about the small stuff...second 50 years....Not so much
Member Wahoo Killer knives club....#27
Yep. Plastic case for book matches and another for cigarettes. Of course the one for cigarettes had a place for matches too. Haven't had either for quite a few years.
I lighted them on the zipper of my jeans to light my Marlboros. After taking the cig pack out of my T shirt sleeve. Fonzee. Can someone help me out of my chair?
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