Tic Tac Containers

[oldsparkey]

As a point of interest.

Popping the last wintergreen Tic Tac today while goofing around the house , I had a thought.... Those empty Tic Tac containers why throw them away , there has to be a good use for them.

Lo and behold ....The strike anywhere matches fit in them like it was made for them , just fill the empty container with the matches and when you need a match , pop the top and shake one out.

The perfect container for the matches and it stores away in the Zip Stove like it was made to fit there. Besides the residue (aroma)from the long gone Tic Tacks in the container might give the stove a better smelling burning area. :lol: :lol: :lol:

If you don't have a Zip Stove then the container would make a nice , small , easy to pack item for emergency matches in your survival kit. I would seal the flap on it with a small chunk of duct tape to make sure it did not open accidentally.

Chuck.

 

[grandpa paddler]

strike anywhere matches

Hard to find in this part of the country . One time I thought I was buying them, they were labeled as kitchen matches. I didn't pay any attention to them until I was packing for a trip and realized they were just large wooden matches, strike on the box only. Now, any time I see the real deal, I buy a box.

the TIC TAC box idea sounds good, I'll give it a try but will probably stick it in a ziploc baggie anyway.

 

[Bootlegger0173]

I habitually collect my old ones that look like a shoe polish tin, but open with a push to the center. They are about the size of a Copenhagen can, and relatively flat, so they are good for all kinds of crap. Wife hates this...

 

[bearridge]

Once upon a time I smoked a pipe. I got a bento box (Jap lunchbox...fer sushi). It iz the small box inside the bigger box in this pichur. It haz rollers ta seal it on each end and a gasket round the inside of the lid. Kept tobacco fresh fer months. I give up the pipe. Nowadys I tote matches, campin' dope, odds 'n ends in it. It dont weigh az much az a robin. It iz tuff 'n waterproof. It goes good with my Lo Mein hat. :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

 

[digr57]

Great idea Chuck Where do you get the matches from though. I have been looking for some locally and no place seems to sell them anymore. I have found them online but the shipping is high. It seems they must be shipped as hazordous material now.

Russ

 

[bearridge]

Friend Russ,

Campmor sells 'em. Next time ya order some power rope 'er outdoor toys, git 'em ta throw in some matches.

regards
bearridge

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[digr57]

bearridge Campmor doesn't show them in there online store anymore. They may still carry them I'll have to call. I did some lookin on the net and it seem the old blue tip really good ones have been outlawed because of the type of phosphrus they contain. The only ones available now are the diamond brand which are not very good. I am trying to make up a small emergency kit to carry when i'm paddlin. Be nice to have some strike anywheres but i have a flint and striker may just pack that.

Thanks Russ

 

[Kayak Jack]

... Be nice to have some strike anywheres but i have a flint and striker may just pack that.

Mark twain lamented, "GOD - save us from the do-gooders!"

I have some strike-anywhere that actually do, and some that merely disintegrate when you try to scratch them. I could light the old ones off my Levi leg.

For emergency fire starting, get a magnesium bar. (Campmor item# 23131) You can shave off small savings of it onto your dry tinder. light it with the flint and steel (steel is your knife), and apply the burning bundle to your waiting kindling.

Here's an item I carry http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/CAMP225-65452-544.html

 

[bearridge]

I jest carry a handful of Bics.

 

[oldsparkey]

Bics are like matches , won't work when they get wet. :evil: Zippos work all the time. (Yes , I carry Bics , thats how I know they won't work when wet )
The strike anywhere matches I have located were at Publix Grocery stores in the BBQ isle net to the charcoal.

I have seen them at the camping section in Wally World and tobacco shops plus camping goods stores usually have them.

I don't know for sure but I bet some Mom an Pop hardware or country goods ( feed and grain ) stores have them.

Chuck.

 

[catfish]

chuck i didn,t think they made them anymore either . maybe i jest ain,t looked hard enough.

 

[bearridge]

Friend catfish,

Where the hell....I mean heck.......have ya been? Lookin' fer matches? :mrgreen:

regards
bearridge

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