After spending the last two weekends in a row in mountain thunder storms, I'm reminded just how bad modern day stick matches are. You can't buy strike anywhere matches like I bought when I was a kid. Heck we used to strike the match on rocks, our zippers, on blue jeans on the back of my thigh, or even on tooth or thumbnail. Once lit, they burned a big flame at least untill all the red on the tip was gone.
Todays modern matchs, almost all need to be struck on the box. 7 out of 10 don't even light, but just seem to smolder off the green or blue tip of the match, Never producing an open flame I'm just feed up with them. I want to go back to my Boy Scout training of being able to light ANY fire with no more than 2 matches. I'd really hate to bet my life on surviving with the stick matchs that I can buy at Walmart.
Where are you guys finding quality matches? Has OSHA or some organization outlawed the material that was used in the old style matches or is just that they are all made in China now days and we are getting that typical cheap product?
Last Saturday riding into Red Castle
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